True or false on digestion

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   An adult human has 32 permanent teeth.

2. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   The epiglottis lets food into the wind pipe.

3. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   The liver is the largest gland of the body.

4. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   There are five pairs of salivary glands.

5. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   The caecum is a small blind sac.

6. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   The stomach lies in the lower right abdomen.

Instructions

Decide whether each statement is true or false.

Explanation