Ch 23 Quiz Questions

Question 1

Of the basic digestive processes, the one in which nutrients enter capillaries is called

Answer 1

absorption

Question 2

another name for the serosa covering any organs of the digestive system is

Answer 2

visceral peritoneum

Question 3

region of the stomach which regulates passage of chyme into small intestine

Answer 3

pyloric sphincter

Question 4

what attaches the liver to the anterior abdominal wall and diaphragm

Answer 4

falciform ligament

Question 5

smooth muscle constriction between the ileum and cecum

Answer 5

ileocecal valve

Question 6

the parietal cells in the stomach produce

Answer 6

instrinsic factor and HCl

Question 7

union of the cystic and common hepatic ducts

Answer 7

common bile duct

Question 8

the vermiform appendix lies within which region of the abdomen

Answer 8

right inguinal

Question 9

the pancreas contains

Answer 9

head, tail and body

Question 10

function of the gallbladder

Answer 10

storage of bile

Question 11

what kind of cell is is pepsinogen

Answer 11

chief cell

Question 12

digestive organ primarily responsible for absorption of water is

Answer 12

large intestine

Question 13

curvature where greater omentum attaches

Answer 13

greater curvature

Question 14

secretions of the parotid gland empty

Answer 14

lateral to the upper molars

Question 15

terminal portion of the small intestine is the

Answer 15

ileum

Question 16

bulb through which digestive enzymes and bile flow to the duodenum

Answer 16

hepatopancreatic ampula & sphincter

Question 17

splenic flexure is the boundary between

Answer 17

transverse & descending colon

Question 18

what controls entry of bile & pancreatic juices into the alimentary canal

Answer 18

hepatopancreatic ampulla &
sphincter

Question 19

duct formed by union of right and left hepatic ducts

Answer 19

common hepatic duct

Question 20

junction of the transverse & ascending colon

Answer 20

hepatic flexure

Question 21

what are the accessory digestive organs

Answer 21

liver, salivary glands, teeth

Question 22

duct which carries digestive enzymes from acinar cells in the pancreas

Answer 22

main pancreatic duct

Question 23

what is not a characteristic of the large intestine

Answer 23

it is not the main site of nutrient absorption

Question 24

bulblike union of the main pancreatic duct and bile duct

Answer 24

hepatopancreatic ampulla

Question 25

3 strips of longitudinal muscles of colon’s muscularis, which cause it to pucker into sacs

Answer 25

teniae coli

Question 26

digestion of which of the following would be affected the most of the bile-secreting liver were severely damaged?

Answer 26

lipids

Question 27

what indicated folds which allows for expansion of the stomach

Answer 27

rugae of mucosa