digestive system

Question 1

what is the visceral peritoneum?

Answer 1

The serous membrane that covers the organs

Question 2

what is the partial peritoneum?

Answer 2

the serous membrane that lines the wall of the abdominal cavity

Question 3

what is mastication?

Answer 3

chewing

Question 4

what breaks down starch in the mouth?

Answer 4

salivary amylase

Question 5

Which parts of the pharynx function in digestion?

Answer 5

oropharynx and laryngopharynx

Question 6

The laryngopharynx carries food directly to the?

Answer 6

esophagus

Question 7

where is the esophagus located?

Answer 7

mediastinum

Question 8

what is the folds of mucous membrane within the lining of the stomach that allow for stretching of the stomach?

Answer 8

rugae

Question 9

Stomach movements that combine ingested materials and stomach secretions to form chyme are what kind of waves?

Answer 9

mixing waves

Question 10

stomach movements that force chyme toward the pyloric sphincter are what kind of waves?

Answer 10

peristaltic

Question 11

3 sections of the small intestine in order from stomach to large intestine

Answer 11

duodenum, jejunum, and ileum

Question 12

small intestine secretes what two enzymes?

Answer 12

peptidase and disaccharidases

Question 13

what are the types of movements that occur within the small intestine?

Answer 13

peristaltic and segmental contractions

Question 14

The region of the large intestine located at the proximal end, where the large intestine meets the small intestine, is the?

Answer 14

cecum

Question 15

Identify the substances absorbed by the large intestine

Answer 15

Vitamin K, salt, and water

Question 16

what is mechanical digestion

Answer 16

breaks down larger food particles into smaller ones

Question 17

what is chemical digestion?

Answer 17

uses enzymes to break covalent chemical bonds in organic molecules

Question 18

Identify the components of pancreatic juice

Answer 18

• enzymes to digest lipids
• enzymes to digest carbohydrates
• enzymes to digest proteins
• enzymes to digest nucleic acids
• bicarbonate ions

Question 19

Enzymes produced at the microvilli of the small intestine that break the peptide bonds in proteins to form amino acids are called

Answer 19

peptidase

Question 20

When chyme is dilute, water will?

Answer 20

be absorbed across the intestinal epithelium

Question 21

Identify the enzymes that aid in the chemical digestion of carbohydrates

Answer 21

Disaccharidases
Amylase

Question 22

When chyme is concentrated, water will?

Answer 22

move into the lumen of the small intestine