Ch 16: Review Exercises

Question 1

The transfer of nutrients into the bloodstream

Answer 1

Absorption

Question 2

The serous membrane layer attached to the abdominal wall

Answer 2

Peritoneum

Question 3

The breakdown of food into smaller particles that can pass through intestinal cells

Answer 3

Digestion

Question 4

The innermost layer of the serous membrane lining the abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 4

Peritoneum

Question 5

The valve between the distal end of the stomach and the small intestine

Answer 5

Pyloric Sphincter

Question 6

A structure that covers the opening of the larynx during swallowing

Answer 6

Epiglottis

Question 7

The final and longest section of the small intestines

Answer 7

Ileum

Question 8

The mixture of gastric juices and food that enters the small intestine

Answer 8

Chyme

Question 9

Folds in the stomach that are absent if the stomach is full

Answer 9

Rugae

Question 10

The part of the large intestine just before the anus

Answer 10

Cecum

Question 11

The small blind tube attached to the first part of the large intestine

Answer 11

Appendix

Question 12

Fingerlike extensions of the mucosa in the small intestines

Answer 12

Villi

Question 13

The portion of the large intestine that extends across the abdomen

Answer 13

Transverse Colon

Question 14

The accessory organ that stores bile

Answer 14

Gallbladder

Question 15

The form in which glucose is stored in the liver

Answer 15

Glycogen

Question 16

Bile participates in the digestion of this nutrient

Answer 16

Fat

Question 17

The lower part of the colon that bends into an S-shape

Answer 17

Sigmoid Colon

Question 18

A temporary storage section for indigestible and unabsorbable waste products of digestion is a tube called the

Answer 18

Rectum

Question 19

The wavelike movement created by alternating muscle contractions in the esophagus is called

Answer 19

Peristalsis

Question 20

Saliva mixed with food results in a substance called a

Answer 20

Bolus