Modeling Digestion

Last updated almost 2 years ago

14 questions

Modeling Digestion

Last updated almost 2 years ago

14 questions

Question 1

The baggie represents the stomach. What is the function of the stomach?

secrete saliva and start the breakdown of carbohydrates

remove water

absorb nutrients

break down food into smaller pieces and start the breakdown of proteins

Question 2

Using your hands to physically break down the break represents the digestion that occurs in the stomach. The physical breakdown of food into smaller pieces is an example of?

mechanical digestion

chemical digestion

Question 3

Where is salivary amylase produced?

esophagus

stomach

mouth

small intestine

Question 4

Salivary amylase breaks down

carbohydrate

lipids

proteins

nucleic acids

Question 5

What enzyme in the stomach breaks down proteins?

amylase

pepsin

sucrase

lipase

Question 6

Where is peptidase produced?

stomach

small intestine

pancreas

mouth

Question 7

What is the function of peptidase?

to break down carbohydrates

to break down lipids

to break down nucleic acids

to break down proteins

Question 8

Sucrase and intestinal lipase are produced in the

gallbladder

small intestine

large intestine

pancreas

Question 9

What is the function of sucrase?

to break down lipids

to break down proteins

to break down nucleic acids

to break down carbohydrates

Question 10

10.

What is the function of intestinal lipase?

to break down lipids

to break down proteins

to break down nucleic acids

to break down carbohydrates

Question 11

11.

Where is bile produced?

pancreas

gallbladder

small intestine

spleen

Question 12

12.

What is the function of bile?

to break down lipids into fat droplets

to break down disaccharides into monosaccharides

to break down secondary protein structures into primary structures

to break down nucleic acids into nucleotides

Question 13

13.

After spending time in the stomach food looks like a white creamy paste. What is the name for this white creamy paste?

 bile

villi

bolus

chyme

Question 14

14.

State the order that food travels through the digestive system starting with the mouth.