Digestive System Worksheet Name: Morales, Haydee Banting.
Part 1: Match the name of each organ with the letter that represents it on the diagram below.
A M
L
B
C K
__K____ 1. Stomach __L____ 9. Esophagus
__E____ 2. Gall bladder __B____10. Tongue
__A____ 3. Oral cavity (mouth) __I____ 11. Small intestine
__D____ 4. Liver __M___ 12. Pharynx
__F____ 5. Large intestine __H____13. Anus
__G____ 6. Rectum
__C____ 7. Salivary glands __J____ 8. Pancreas
Part 2:
1. Nutrients are a source of _raw material____________ that your body uses for building tissues and
___fuel___________ for cellular work.
2. Name the four stages of food processing and describe what happens in each stage.
INGESTION – the act of eating or drinking.
DIGESTION – breaking food down into smaller pieces.
ABSORPTION – the uptake of small nutrient molecules into the body.
ELIMINATION – the passage of undigested waste from the body.
3. Explain what peristalsis is.
It is series of wavelike contractions of smooth muscle that propels food along the alimentary
canal.
4. List the organs that are part of the alimentary canal.
Mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestines, large intestines, rectum, anus
5. Name 4 organs that are accessory glands or organs in the digestive system.
Salivary glands, pancreas, liver, gall bladder
Part 3: Using the key choices below, match the description given with the structure in the alimentary canal
that it describes. Choices may be used more than once.
A. Anus G. Microvilli L. Salivary Glands
B. Appendix H. Mouth (Oral cavity) M. Small intestines
C. Esophagus I. Pancreas N. Stomach
D. Gallbladder J. Pharynx O. Tongue
E. Large Intestines (Colon) K. Rectum P. Villi
F. Liver
__D____ 1. Stores bile until it is secreted.
__P____ 2. Fingerlike extensions in the intestinal wall that increase surface area
_H/O_____ 3. Two anatomical regions where mechanical digestion occurs.
__O____ 4. Organ that mixes food in the mouth.
__J____ 5. Common passage for food and air.
__C____ 6. Literally a food chute; it has no digestive or absorptive role.
__G____ 7. Projections of the plasma membrane of a cell that increase the cell’s surface area.
__I____ [Link] a juice that neutralizes stomach acid and contains digestive enzymes.
__M____ 9. Organ responsible for absorption of most nutrients.
__E____ 10. Organ primarily involved in water absorption and feces formation.
__B____ 11. Blind sac hanging from the initial part of the colon.
__N____ 12. Organ in which protein digestion begins.
__M____ 13. Organ into which the stomach empties.
__M____ 14. Organ that receives pancreatic juice and bile.
__A____ 15. Opening through which feces are expelled from the body.
__F____ 16. Produces bile.
_L_____ 17. Produce enzymes that begin carbohydrate digestion.
_K_____ 18. Stores feces until they are excreted.
Part 4: Answer the following questions.
1. What is the end product starch digestion?
glucose
2. What is the end product protein digestion?
Amino acid
3. What is the end product fat digestion?
Fatty acids and glycerol
4. Where does starch digestion begin?
Mouth
5. Where is starch digestion completed?
Small intestines
6. Where does protein digestion begin?
Stomach
7. Where is protein digestion completed?
Small intestine
8. Where does fat digestion begin?
Tri-glyceride
9. Where is fat digestion completed?
Small inestines
10. Explain the difference between mechanical digestion and chemical digestion.
Mechanical digestion involves physical movement to breakdown food while chemical digestion
uses enzymes to break down food
11. Explain how the small intestines are well adapted for absorption.
The small intestines are well adapted for absorbing nutrients by being very long, having villi
and microvilli that increases surface area using muscular contractions to move and mix food
and receiving and housing digestive enzymes and bile that help the food to break down.
