Digestive and Urinary System

Question 1

To organs of the gastrointestinal tract belong:

a) esophagus
b) small intestine
c) larynx
d) stomach

Answer 1

a) esophagus
b) small intestine
d) stomach

Question 2

To accessory digestive organs belong:

a) salivary glands
b) tongue
c) gallbladder
d) pancreas

Answer 2

a) salivary glands
b) tongue
c) gallbladder
d) pancreas

Question 3

Food moves along the digestive tract due to:

a) smooth muscle contractions
b) activity of the cerebral cortex
c) activity of the enteric nervous system
d) striated muscle contractions

Answer 3

a) smooth muscle contractions

c) activity of the enteric nervous system

Question 4

Organs that secrete α-amylase are :

a) small intestine
b) salivary gland
c) pancreas
d) stomach

Answer 4

b) salivary gland

c) pancreas

Question 5

Which of the following statements about the absorptive surface of the small intestine are wrong:

a) folds of the mucosa, villi and microvilli of epithelial cells increase absorptive surface up to 500fold
b) it is associated with an underlying capillary network and lymph vessels
c) it runs through the process of cornification(!!keratinization!!)
d) it is covered by mucus secreted from goblet cells

Answer 5

c) it runs through the process of cornification(!!keratinization!!)

Question 6

Which cell type is not part of the small intestine epithelium:

a) Paneth cell
b) Endothelial cell
c) Goblet cell
d) entherocyte

Answer 6

b) Endothelial cell

Question 7

Function of the lymph vessels in the small intestine is the transport of :

a) Carbohydrates
b) Proteins
c) Triacylglicerides
d) Lipids

Answer 7

c) Triacylglicerides

d) Lipids

Question 8

Malpighian corpuscles:

a) create also glomerulus
b) are place of urine production
c) are present in the liver
d) create also Bowman’s capsules

Answer 8

a) create also glomerulus
b) are place of urine production
d) create also Bowman’s capsules

Question 9

Which of the following statements about secondary urine production are right:

a) transport of urea out of collecting tubules is active

b) NaCl concentration in uretic duct is highest at lowest
point of nephron loop

c) interstitial concentration of urea is highest in renal
cortex

d) ascending limb of nephron loop is permeable for NaCl but not for H2O

Answer 9

b) NaCl concentration in uretic duct is highest at lowest
point of nephron loop

d) ascending limb of nephron loop is permeable for NaCl but not for H2O

Question 10

To cellular specifications within the glomerulus belong:

a) allocation of Na gated Cl-channels
b) podocytes with pedicels to form filtration slits
c) fenestration of endothelial cells
d) a decent basal lamina between vessels and Bowman’s capsule

Answer 10

b) podocytes with pedicels to form filtration slits
c) fenestration of endothelial cells
d) a decent basal lamina between vessels and Bowman’s capsule