Alimentary System - Anatomy

Question 1

What is prehension?

Answer 1

Picking up food

Question 2

What is mastication?

Answer 2

Chewing

Question 3

What is deglutition?

Answer 3

Swallowing

Question 4

What type of muscle is the oesophagus made of?

Answer 4

The first part is made of skeletal muscle, the rest is smooth

Question 5

What are the 4 layers of the oesophagus?

Answer 5

Epithelial/mucosa
Sub-mucosa
Muscle layer - circular and longitudinal
Adventitia

Question 6

What are retroperitoneal organs?

Answer 6

Organs that are fused to the abdominal wall and are behind the peritoneum

Question 7

What are intraperitoneal organs?

Answer 7

Organs that are inside the peritoneum

Question 8

What is a mesentery?

Answer 8

A double layer of visceral peritoneum that tends to go out to an organ and back again

Question 9

What are gastric juices called?

Answer 9

Chyme

Question 10

What is the region where the oesophagus enters the stomach called?

Answer 10

The cardia

Question 11

What is the doming part of the stomach above the cardia called?

Answer 11

The fundus

Question 12

What is the part of the stomach where it exits into the duodenum called?

Answer 12

The pyloras

Question 13

What are the 3 parts of the small intestine?

Answer 13

Duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum

Question 14

What happens at the small intestine?

Answer 14

Enzymatic digestion and absorption

Question 15

What happens at the large intestine?

Answer 15

Secretes mucous and absorbs water

Question 16

What are the 4 parts of the large intestine?

Answer 16

Caecum
Colon
Rectum
Anus

Question 17

Which part of the small intestine is split into 2 parts?

Answer 17

The duodenum - descending and ascending

Question 18

Which part of the large intestine is split into 3 parts and what are they?

Answer 18

The colon

Ascending, transverse and descending

Question 19

What is the anus made up of?

Answer 19

Internal smooth muscle - involuntary

External skeletal muscle - voluntary