The Amazing Stomach!

Overview

Pop Quiz: The Amazing Stomach!

Question 1

True or false: Food travels to your stomach through your trachea.

Conclusion

False! Food travels to your stomach through your esophagus. Your trachea carries air to your lungs.

Question 2

Your stomach mixes and churns food to make this thick liquid.

Choices

Rhizome, chyme, lymph, or aqueous humor

Conclusion

Your stomach turns food into chyme, which is sent into the small intestine so nutrients can be absorbed by your body.

Question 3

This is a type of sore that can form on the inner lining of your stomach.

Choices

Peptide, mucosa, crepitus, or ulcer

Conclusion

A sore in your stomach is called an "ulcer." Did you get it right?

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