Digestive System Anatomy

Question 1

When do the deciduous teeth erupt?

Answer 1

3 to 12 weeks

Question 2

How many teeth do adult dogs have?

Answer 2

42 teeth

Question 3

How many teeth do adult cats have?

Answer 3

30 teeth

Question 4

What teeth are the last to erupt?

Answer 4

Canines

Question 5

When do the last teeth erupt?

Answer 5

6 months of age

Question 6

What is the difference between the dog esophagus and the cat esophagus?

Answer 6

The dog esophagus is made entirely of skeletal muscle and the distal feline esophagus is made up of smooth muscle

Question 7

Are dogs or cats more prone to get things stuck in their esophagus?

Answer 7

Cats

Question 8

What enzymes are produced in the stomach?

Answer 8

Hydrochloric acid and pepsinogen

Question 9

What is the primary function of the stomach?

Answer 9

Acts as a mixing bowl where gastric digestive juices (enzymes) break down food bolus into chyme
Temporarily stores food

Question 10

What is the major function of the exocrine pancreas?

Answer 10

Secrete digestive enzymes

Question 11

How does the pancreas not digest itself?

Answer 11

Releasing enzymes in an inactive form

Question 12

What do enzymes travel through to get to the duodenum?

Answer 12

Pancreatic ducts

Question 13

What enzymes does the pancreas make?

Answer 13

Trypsinogen
Chymotrypsinogen 
Amylase
Lipase
cPLI
TLI

Question 14

What does Trypsinogen convert to?

Answer 14

Trypsin

Question 15

What does Trypsinogen/Trypsin do?

Answer 15

Digests proteins

Question 16

What does Chymotrypsinogen convert to?

Answer 16

Chymotrypsin

Question 17

What does Chymotrypsinogen/Chymotrypsin do?

Answer 17

Digests proteins

Question 18

What does Amylase do?

Answer 18

Digests carbohydrates

Question 19

What does Lipase do?

Answer 19

Digests fats

Question 20

What does cPLI stand for?

Answer 20

Canine pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity

Question 21

What does TLI stand for?

Answer 21

Trypsin-like immunity

Question 22

What is the function of the gallbladder?

Answer 22

Storing bile

Question 23

Where is bile made?

Answer 23

Liver

Question 24

What does bile contain?

Answer 24

Bile salts

Question 25

What do bile salts act like?

Answer 25

Detergents when they combine with fat droplets

Question 26

What is the function of bile?

Answer 26

Makes it easier for lipases to work

Makes fats water-soluble

Question 27

What are the three parts of the small intesting?

Answer 27

Duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum

Question 28

What connects blood vessels to the intestines?

Answer 28

The Mesentary

Question 29

What is absorbed in the small intestine?

Answer 29

Amino acids
Carbohydrates
Lipids

Question 30

What does the small intestine contain that the large intestine does not?

Answer 30

Villi and microvilli

Question 31

What does the villi and microvilli provide for?

Answer 31

A large absorptive surface for absorption to take place

Question 32

What are the three parts of the large intestine?

Answer 32

Cecum
Colon
Rectum

Question 33

What is the primary function of the large intestine?

Answer 33

Water and electrolyte re-absorption

Question 34

What vitamins are made in the large intestine?

Answer 34

Vitamins K and B

Question 35

What are the functions of the liver?

Answer 35

Produce bile, albumin, clotting factors, convert nutrients into energy, detoxifies wastes and poisons

Question 36

What is the dual blood supply that supplies blood to the liver?

Answer 36

Hepatic arteries

Portal veins from the intestines