Digestive Dilemmas

Trivia Game

Question 1

What is a shorter name for the

alimentary canal?

Question 2
Which of the following is
considered an accessory organ of
the digestive system?
Mouth
Stomach
Liver
Colon

Question 3

What is the largest salivary gland?

Question 4
Place the following parts of the large
intestines in sequence of how food
passes.
Transverse colon
Rectum
Descending colon
Sigmoid Colon
Cecum
Ascending colon

Question 5

Which section of the small intestine

receives the common bile duct?

Question 6

Which sphincter keeps food from

the stomach from going into the
esophagus?

Question 7

The stomach secretes this to allow

for the uptake of B12.

Question 8

In which digestive organ does most

of absorption occur?

Question 9

What is structure #2?

Question 10

What is the name for structure C

that empties into the large
intestine.

Question 11

Which structures increase surface

area of the small intestine?

Question 12

Proteins are eventually broken

down into these structures.

Question 13

What is the name

of the process in
which fat is
broken down into
micelles?

Question 14

What enzyme is found in saliva and

digests starch?

Question 15

What is the name

of the folds of an
empty stomach,
shown here?

Question 16

What is the name

for the muscle
movement in the
diagram to the
right?

Question 17

This membranous structure

connects the small intestine to the
abdominal wall.

Question 18

What is the
structure hanging
down from the
greater curvature
of the stomach?

Question 19

What enzyme breaks down

proteins in the small intestine?

Question 20

This structure secretes bile and

stores vitamins.

Question 21

What is the innermost layer of the

GI tract called?

Bonus

This blood vessel carries blood into

the liver to be filtered.

Digestive Dilemmas

Answers

Question 1

What is a shorter name for the

alimentary canal?
GI Tract

Question 2
Which of the following is
considered an accessory organ of
the digestive system?
Mouth
Stomach
Liver
Colon

Question 3

What is the largest salivary gland?

Parotid

Question 4
Place the following parts of the large
intestines in sequence of how food
passes.
Transverse colon 3
Rectum 6
Descending colon 4
Sigmoid Colon 5
Cecum 1
Ascending colon 2

Question 5

Which section of the small intestine

receives the common bile duct?
duodenum

Question 6

Which sphincter keeps food from

the stomach from going into the
esophagus?
Cardiac

Question 7

The stomach secretes this to allow

for the uptake of B12.
Intrinsic factor

Question 8

In which digestive organ does most

of absorption occur?
Small intestines

Question 9

What is structure #2?

Gall bladder

Question 10

What is the name for structure C that

empties into the large intestine.
Ileum

Question 11

Which structures increase surface

area of the small intestine?
Villi,microvilli

Question 12

Proteins are eventually broken

down into these structures.
Amino acids

Question 13
What is the name
of the process in
which fat is
broken down into
micelles?
emulsification

Question 14

What enzyme is found in saliva and

digests starch?
amylase

Question 15

What is the name

of the folds of an
empty stomach,
shown here?
rugae

Question 16
What is the name
for the muscle
movement in the
diagram to the
right?
peristalisis

Question 17

This membranous structure

connects the small intestine to the
abdominal wall.
mesentary

Question 18
What is the
structure hanging
down from the
greater curvature
of the stomach?
Greater omentum

Question 19

What enzyme breaks down

proteins in the small intestine?
Trypsin, peptidases

Question 20

This structure secretes bile and

stores vitamins.
Liver

Question 21

What is the innermost layer of the

GI tract called?
mucosa

Bonus

This blood vessel carries blood into

the liver to be filtered.
Hepatic portal vein