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