Digestive

Question 1

correct order of the layers of the digestive tract from the innermost to the outermost?

Answer 1

Mucosa à submucosa à muscularis à serosa

Question 2

Meissner plexus is found in which layer of the digestive tract

Answer 2

Submucosa

Question 3

Auerbach plexus is found in which layer of the digestive tract

Answer 3

Muscularis

Question 4

connective tissue sheets that hold the abdominal organs in place

Answer 4

Mesenteries

Question 5

lesser omentum

Answer 5

A connective tissue that connects the lesser curvature of the stomach to the liver

Question 6

the teeth

Answer 6

The incisors are used for cutting while the molars are for grinding the food.

Question 7

The largest salivary gland is the

Answer 7

Parotid

Question 8

The role of this enzyme is to break down starch into maltose giving it a sweet taste in the mouth

Answer 8

Salivary amylase

Question 9

This organ transports food from the pharynx to the stomach

Answer 9

Esophagus

Question 10

The location of the stomach in the abdomen is at the

Answer 10

Left upper quadrant

Question 11

Bolus empties into the stomach through the opening of the

Answer 11

Cardiac sphincter

Question 12

This region of the stomach is funnel-shaped and its contents directly empty into the duodenum

Answer 12

Pylorus

Question 13

These are large folds of the mucosa of the stomach that smoothens when the stomach is filled

Answer 13

Rugae

Question 14

layers of muscles in the stomach?

Answer 14

Outer longitudinal layer
Inner oblique layer
Middle circular layer

Question 15

Which gastric cell produced hydrochloric acid?

Answer 15

Parietal cells

Question 16

The chief cells produce

Answer 16

Pepsinogen

Question 17

The intrinsic factor increases the absorption of which vitamin in the duodenum

Answer 17

B12

Question 18

This phase in the regulation of gastric secretions describes an increase in the gastric secretions triggered by the sense of taste, smell, and even with the sight of food

Answer 18

Cephalic phase

Question 19

This phase in the regulation of gastric secretions describes an increase in the gastric secretions triggered by the presence of food in the stomach

Answer 19

Gastric phase

Question 20

The site of the greatest amount of digestion and absorption of nutrients is the

Answer 20

Small intestine

Question 21

The common bile duct empties into which part of the small intestine

Answer 21

Duodenum

Question 22

These are 3 longitudinal bands of smooth muscle that contract to form haustra.

Answer 22

Taenia coli

Question 23

correct order of the route of feces in the large intestine

Answer 23

Cecum –> ascending colon –> transverse colon –> descending colon –> sigmoid colon –> rectum –> anus

Question 24

What lymphatic tissue can you see at the attached to the cecum?

Answer 24

Appendix

Question 25

This reflex is characterized by the relaxation of the anal sphincters triggered by rectal wall distention

Answer 25

Defecation reflex

Question 26

Which Vitamin is synthesized by the bacteria in the colon?

Answer 26

vit K

Question 27

Digestion of protein starts first at the

Answer 27

Stomach

Question 28

Digestion of carbohydrates starts first at the

Answer 28

Mouth

Question 29

chemical digestion?

Answer 29

It utilizes enzymes to break down food molecules into their building blocks

Question 30

Which phase of deglutition is characterized by the conscious movement of food by the tongue from the oral cavity to the pharynx?

Answer 30

Voluntary

Question 31

secretions of the pancreas?

Answer 31

It secretes bicarbonate to neutralize the acidic chyme in the small intestine.

Question 32

hormones that promote the contraction of the gallbladder for the release of stored bile?

Answer 32

cholecystokinin, secretin

Question 33

The common bile duct is the union of which ducts?

Answer 33

Cystic duct and Common hepatic duct

Question 34

sphincter that regulates the emptying of the bile

Answer 34

sphincter of Oddi

Question 35

This blood vessel in the liver delivers nutrient-rich blood from the digestive tract to the liver

Answer 35

Portal vein

Question 36

This hepatic vessel carries deoxygenated blood and exits the liver

Answer 36

Hepatic vein

Question 37

Which structure divides the major lobes of the liver?

Answer 37

Falciform ligament

Question 38

The bulk of the liver is located on which abdominal quadrant

Answer 38

RUQ

Question 39

These are strong contractions that propel the colonic contents at a considerable distance

Answer 39

Mass movements

Question 40

Major function of this part of the digestive tract is to absorb water and form feces

Answer 40

Colon

Question 41

The Peyer's patches are found in which part of the digestive tract

Answer 41

Ileum

Question 42

most superior part of the stomach?

Answer 42

Cardia

Question 43

contents of the portal triad

Answer 43

Artery, vein, hepatic duct (for bile)

Question 44

portion of the pancreas produces digestive enzymes?

Answer 44

Acini

Question 45

portion of the pancreas produces insulin

Answer 45

Islets of Langerhans

Question 46

Stomach

Answer 46

Protein digestion start

Question 47

Mouth

Answer 47

Carbohydrate digestion start

Question 48

intrinsic factor

Answer 48

B12 absorption

Question 49

Parietal cells

Answer 49

hydrochloric acid

Question 50

Pylorus

Answer 50

region of the stomach that is funnel-shaped

Question 51

Digestion

Answer 51

breakdown of large molecules into smaller

Question 52

"Fatty Apron"

Answer 52

Greater omentum

Question 53

Meissner's plexus

Answer 53

submucosa

Question 54

Auerbach's plexus

Answer 54

muscularis