Which is not a function of the digestive system?
Filtration
Which is not an organ of the digestive system?
The spleen
Which is an organ of the digestive system?
The mouth, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, liver, gallbladder, small intestine, large intestine, and rectum
Which is an accessory organ of the digestive system?
Kidneys
An organ that helps break down food but is not part of the tube through which the foodstuffs pass
Tongue (accessory digestive organ)
The alternating movement of contraction of muscle layers in the GIT wall that propels materials through the tract.
Peristalsis
The cell-type of the lining of the gastrointestinal tract that allows for absorption and secretion
Simple columnar epithelium
The transporter of lipid molecules that are absorbed from the GI tract
Chylomicrons
The thickening of the circular layer of the muscularis that controls movement of materials through the GITt secretes secretin
Sphincters
The type of receptor within the GI tract wall that detects stretch
mechanoreceptor
The GIT part that secrete the Secretin a hormone
duodenum
The type of secretion cholecystokinin is, and the GIT part that releases it
Cholecystokinin stimulates the gallbladder to contract and release stored bile into the intestine.
From a list of chemicals, identify one that is considered to be one of the primary digestive system hormones?
gastrin
The layer of the serous membrane that directly covers the surface of internal organs
Visceral layer
The order listing and names of the layers and cavity of the sheet lining of the abdominalcavity
superficial campers fascia, deep scarpia fascia, external oblique, internal obilque, tranversus abdominus, transferversalis fascia, and parietal peritoneum
The name of the peritoneal folds supporting the large intestine
Mesentery
The name of the peritoneal fold that attaches the liver to the anterior internal body wall
falciform ligament
The first layer a surgeon needs to cut in order to make a small incision in the wall of the jejunum
Seromuscular layer
The correct order for the layers of the GI tract wall, from innermost (next to lumen) to outermost
mucosa, submucosa, muscularis propria, adventitia
The layer(s) of the wall of the majority of the GIT that contain(s) smooth muscle
muscular propria
The layer(s) of the wall of the GIT that contain(s) a nerve plexus
sub mucosa
The initial site of both mechanical and chemical digestion
oral cavity
The type of epithelium that lines the majority of the oral cavity
squamous stratified Epithelium
The name of the enzyme found within saliva
salivary amylase
The name of the inferior esophageal sphincter
gastroesophageal sphincter or gastroesophageal junction
Stenosis (constriction) of the pyloric sphincter would interfere with what action
blocking food from entering the baby's small intestine
A manufacturer's advertisement stating that their product shuts down the "acid-producingpumps" in the stomach. Name the gastric gland cells the manufacturers was referring
parietal cells
Name the bones that form the hard palate
maxilla and palatine bone
The primary function of the lysozyme found within saliva
providing protection against bacteria, viruses, and fungi
Which of the five types of secretory cells in the gastric glands secretes pepsinogen
Gastric chief cells
The phase of digestion that involves the thought, smell, and sight of food
cerebral (or cephalic) phase
he location (layer) of Brunner duodenal glands that secrete viscous mucus into the smallintestine
Submucosa
What "segmentation" within the small intestine refers to
the propulsion of material between the segments of the GI tract
The structures that increase surface area in the small intestine.
villi
The correct sequence of the regions of the small intestine, from beginning to end
duodenum, jejunum, and ileum
The correct order for the list of structures of the large intestine, from cecum to rectum
appendix, cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum, and anus
The primary function of the large intestine
absorbing water and electrolytes
The names of all lobes of the liver
right, left, caudate, and quadrate
The expected consequence of stenosis (constriction) of the hepatopancreatic ampulla
the transport of bile and pancreatic juice
the body side where the pancreas is located and the pH of the enzyme-rich juice it produces
right side, pancreatic juice
the GIT site where protein digestion begins
Stomach
The products of digestion that lacteals asorb
Large molecules of fats and lipids
The common class of nutrients glucose and sucrose belong to
Disaccharide
The respective subclass glucose and sucrose belong to within their common class
Dairy products, grain, and fruit
The class of nutrients that the amylase from saliva digests
Carbohydrates
The structural subclass of lactose, which lactose intolerant individuals cannot digest, and the name of the enzyme such individuals lack
lactase
The part of the GIT that the enzymes involved in the digestion of the carbohydrates in the small intestine come from
Pancreas
The pH level, high and low, at which the enzyme pepsin becomes active
1.5 - 2
Pepsinogen and its function
Stomach enzyme that digest proteins found in ingested food
The GIT location where the proteolytic enzymes secreted from the pancreas are activated
the duodenum
The substrate that the enzyme carboxypeptidase helps digest
protein
The class of nutrient that triglycerides and steroids are both examples of
Lipids
The form in which the largest amount of energy can be stored in the body on basis of gram for gram
Fat
Nonessential amino acid
Our bodies produce this amino acid, even if we do not get it from the food we eat
The class of nutrient milk lactose belongs to
Nutritious carbohydrate
The type/class of vitamins that will be absorbed from the intestine into lacteals
Fat-soluble vitamins
The end product of glucose oxidation in glycolysis
Pyruvic acid
The area of the brain that provides the primary control of body temperature
hypothalamus
The parent molecule that bile salts are synthesized from
Cholic acid (CA) and Chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA)
Whether glucagon stimulates the liver to form glycogen from glucose
True
Whether the liver is involved in the metabolism of each of the three major nutrientbiomolecules
True