Chapter 23 Part 4

Question 1

alkaline solution produced by the liver and important for the emulsification of lipids

Answer 1

Bile

Question 2

What is bile made of?

Answer 2

water, bile salts, bile pigments, phospholipids (such as lecithin), electrolytes, cholesterol, and triglycerides

Question 3

intestinal brush-border enzyme that activates trypsinogen to trypsin

Answer 3

Enteropeptidase

Question 4

serves to buffer the acidic gastric juice in chyme, inactivate pepsin from the stomach, and create an optimal environment for the activity of pH-sensitive digestive enzymes in the small intestine

Answer 4

Sodium bicarbonate

Question 5

What is pancreatic juice made of?

Answer 5

made of mostly water along with some salts, sodium bicarbonate, and several digestive enzymes

Question 6

vein that supplies deoxygenated nutrient-rich blood to the liver

Answer 6

Hepatic portal vein

Question 7

artery that supplies oxygenated blood to the liver

Answer 7

Hepatic artery

Question 8

Where and in what form are carbohydrates absorbed?

Answer 8

Monosaccarides in small intestine

Question 9

Where and in what form are proteins absorbed?

Answer 9

Mostly duodenum and jejunum and small intestine; amino acids

Question 10

Where are lipids absorbed?

Answer 10

Small intestine