Digestion Quiz
Matching exercise
Match the items on the left to the items on the right.
Mouth
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adds acid to the food, to break it down. Some substances pass into the bloodstream here
connects the mouth to the stomach
Waste leaves the body though this
grinds up the food
connects the stomach to the small intestine
Waste waits here, ready to leave the body
Called the ILEUM. Digestion is completed here, and nutrients pass into the bloodstream
Called the COLON. Recovers water from the waste
Oesphagus
???
adds acid to the food, to break it down. Some substances pass into the bloodstream here
connects the mouth to the stomach
Waste leaves the body though this
grinds up the food
connects the stomach to the small intestine
Waste waits here, ready to leave the body
Called the ILEUM. Digestion is completed here, and nutrients pass into the bloodstream
Called the COLON. Recovers water from the waste
Stomach
???
adds acid to the food, to break it down. Some substances pass into the bloodstream here
connects the mouth to the stomach
Waste leaves the body though this
grinds up the food
connects the stomach to the small intestine
Waste waits here, ready to leave the body
Called the ILEUM. Digestion is completed here, and nutrients pass into the bloodstream
Called the COLON. Recovers water from the waste
Duodenum
???
adds acid to the food, to break it down. Some substances pass into the bloodstream here
connects the mouth to the stomach
Waste leaves the body though this
grinds up the food
connects the stomach to the small intestine
Waste waits here, ready to leave the body
Called the ILEUM. Digestion is completed here, and nutrients pass into the bloodstream
Called the COLON. Recovers water from the waste
Small intestine
???
adds acid to the food, to break it down. Some substances pass into the bloodstream here
connects the mouth to the stomach
Waste leaves the body though this
grinds up the food
connects the stomach to the small intestine
Waste waits here, ready to leave the body
Called the ILEUM. Digestion is completed here, and nutrients pass into the bloodstream
Called the COLON. Recovers water from the waste
Large intestine
???
adds acid to the food, to break it down. Some substances pass into the bloodstream here
connects the mouth to the stomach
Waste leaves the body though this
grinds up the food
connects the stomach to the small intestine
Waste waits here, ready to leave the body
Called the ILEUM. Digestion is completed here, and nutrients pass into the bloodstream
Called the COLON. Recovers water from the waste
Rectum
???
adds acid to the food, to break it down. Some substances pass into the bloodstream here
connects the mouth to the stomach
Waste leaves the body though this
grinds up the food
connects the stomach to the small intestine
Waste waits here, ready to leave the body
Called the ILEUM. Digestion is completed here, and nutrients pass into the bloodstream
Called the COLON. Recovers water from the waste
Anus
???
adds acid to the food, to break it down. Some substances pass into the bloodstream here
connects the mouth to the stomach
Waste leaves the body though this
grinds up the food
connects the stomach to the small intestine
Waste waits here, ready to leave the body
Called the ILEUM. Digestion is completed here, and nutrients pass into the bloodstream
Called the COLON. Recovers water from the waste
Your score is: