Question

Which of the following statements is not true about the digestive system and its contribution to homeostasis?

A. The digestive system helps to maintain the correct amounts of nutrients for the body tissues to do its job.
B. The digestive system is responsible for monitoring the oxygen and carbon dioxide amounts in the blood and tissues.
C. The digestive system breaks down food sources into the needed nutrients and deposits these nutrients into the blood for use by the cells.
D. All of the above

Answer 1

What class are you in ?

Answer 2

Anatomy&Physiology

Answer 3

Our digestive system includes organs like our stomach, and our intestine.

The stomach acid, in our stomach, breaks down the food that we eat.

Our intestines absorb water and nutrients from the food that we eat.


But our digestive system isn't responsible for making sure that we have enough oxygen in our blood,
or making sure that we don't have too much carbon dioxide.

That stuff is taken care of by our respiratory, cardiovascular, and nervous systems.

Answer 4

You're right. Lol, thanks; I completely overlooked that.

Answer 5

No problem.