Ch 16: Onlne 1

Question 1

What digestive organ is not part of the alimentary tube?

Answer 1

Pancreas

Question 2

What organ changes excess amino acids to carbohydrates?

Answer 2

Liver

Question 3

What organ contributes to the digestion of all three food types?

Answer 3

Pancreas

Question 4

What accessory organs contribute to mechanical digestion?

Answer 4

Teeth and liver

Question 5

What organ begins the digestion of protein?

Answer 5

Stomach

Question 6

What contributes to digestion of carbohydrates?

Answer 6

Salivary glands, pancreas, and small intestine

Question 7

What contributes to the digestion of lipids?

Answer 7

Liver and pancreas

Question 8

What regulates the swallowing reflex?

Answer 8

Medulla

Question 9

Where does the pyloric sphincter prevent the backup of food?

Answer 9

From the duodenum to the stomach

Question 10

What inhibits or kills ingested bacteria?

Answer 10

Lysozyme and hydrochloric acid

Question 11

What cranial nerve does not innervate the tongue?

Answer 11

Vagus nerve

Question 12

What does the liver do?

Answer 12

Change excess amino acids to carbohydrates

Question 13

What does the pancreas do?

Answer 13

Contributes to the digestion of all three food types

Question 14

The teeth and liver contribute to what kind of digestion?

Answer 14

Mechanical digestion

Question 15

The stomach begins the digestion of what?

Answer 15

Proteins

Question 16

The salivary glands, pancreas, and small intestine contribute to the digestion of what?

Answer 16

Carbohydrates

Question 17

The liver and pancreas contribute to the digestion of what?

Answer 17

Lipids

Question 18

What prevents the backup of food from the duodenum to the stomach?

Answer 18

Pyloric sphincter

Question 19

What do lysozymes and hydrochloric acid do?

Answer 19

Inhibit or kill ingested bacteria

Question 20

What does the vagus nerve not innervate?

Answer 20

Tongue