NAME: ____________________________________

Human Digestive System

(1) Match the words provided to the letters in the diagram of the digestive system. Put your answer
in the table:

Liver Stomach Salivary glands Pancreas Rectum Mouth

Oesophagus Gall Bladder Small intestines Large intestines

Letter Part of Digestive System

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J

(2) Which of the following gives the correct order for food as it passes through the organs of the
digestive system?
a. Mouth, oesophagus, stomach, gall bladder, pancreas, large intestines, small intestines
b. Oesophagus, epiglottis, stomach, liver, small intestines, large intestines, anus
NAME: ____________________________________
c. Mouth oesophagus, stomach, small intestines, large intestines, anus
d. Mouth, liver, gall bladder, stomach, large intestines, small intestines, anus.

(3) Which part of the digestive system is (4) Which part of the digestive system
responsible for absorbing water: contains Hydrochloric acid and is coated
a. Small intestines with mucus for its protection:
b. Large intestines a. Rectum
c. Kidneys b. Small intestines
d. Stomach c. Stomach
d. Oesophagus

(5) Which part of the following is the section

of the digestive system where most (6) Bile is made in ________?
enzymes are added? a. Liver
a. Large intestines b. Stomach
b. Mouth c. Gall bladder
c. Stomach d. Small intestines
d. Small intestines
(8) The oesophagus connects the mouth to
(7) Bile is made in the liver and released into the _________?
the small intestine. Its job is to break a. Mouth
down __________? b. Small intestines
a. Nutrients c. Liver
b. Fats d. Stomach
c. Proteins
d. Water

(9) Which of the following are NOT a part of (10) Where is solid waste (poop) stored?
the digestive system? a. Anus
a. Oesophagus b. Rectum
b. Kidneys c. Large intestines
c. Anus d. Stomach
d. Liver

(11) Villi are found in what part of the (12) Diarrhoea is when the __________ do
digestive system? not absorb water?
a. Mouth a. Rectum
b. Stomach b. Anus
c. Large intestines c. Stomach
d. Small intestines d. Large intestines
NAME: ____________________________________
(13) Which of the following best describes
the role of the oesophagus in the digestive (14) The main function of the stomach is
system: to:
a. Mucus is secreted to protect a. Store food
stomach b. Produce hydrochloric acid
b. Sends food from mouth the stomach c. Break down food
c. Helps absorb nutrients d. All of the above
d. Breaks down food to be absorbed
into bloodstream

(15) Which of the following organs help (16) The “tentacle” like structure along the
break down food in the small intestines: small intestines are called ____________:
a. Liver, kidneys, stomach a. Capillaries
b. Mouth, oesophagus, stomach b. Bile
c. Liver, pancreas, gall bladder c. Liver
d. Stomach, small intestines d. Villi

(17) The main function of the small (18) Digestion beings in the mouth. Which
intestines is to: of the following statement is
a. Extract and absorb nutrients INCORRECT?
b. Kill bacteria a. The tongue helps absorb nutrients
c. Excrete solid waste b. The saliva helps break down food
d. Releases enzymes to break down c. The tongue keeps food in place in
food the mouth while the food is being
chewed
d. Teeth help chew food into smaller
pieces

(19) Complete the cloze passage about the digestive system, with the words in the box below.

Mouth nutrients absorb enzymes liver bile small intestines

Anus filters hydrochloric gall mucus Saliva

Rectum oesophagus villi water stomach Large intestines

The human digestive system is a group of organs that break down food, absorb ____________ and remove

unused waste out of the body. Digestion begins in the ______________, where _____________ starts to

break food down. Chewed food then travels down the _______________ into the stomach. The

_____________ produces ___________________ acid to help break down food. Hydrochloric acid is