Q. Which organ stores and empties the digested food at regular intervals?

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Q. What are the accessory glands and organs that play a role in the process of digestion?

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Q. What are the three main functions of the digestive system?

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Q. What is the process by which complex foods are converted into chemical substances small enough to be absorbed through the intestinal lining?

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Q. What is the function of the pyloric sphincter?

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Q. What is the role of saliva in the digestive process?

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Q. What are the three parts of the stomach?

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Q. What is the function of the small intestine?

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Q. What is the function of the colon?

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Q. Which part of the small intestine receives food from the stomach?

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Q. What is the function of the ileo-caecal valve?

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Q. What is the appendix?

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Q. What is the function of the stomach?

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Q. Which part of the digestive system is responsible for the expulsion of waste products of digestion?

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Q. Which part of the digestive tract is responsible for absorbing most of the water within waste material?

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Q. What is defecation?

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Q. What is the length of the small intestine?

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Q. Which part of the small intestine receives food from the stomach?

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Q. Which organs release digestive juices into the duodenum?

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Q. Which of the following glands secretes enzymes that initiate the process of digestion?

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