Digestive System- Digestive Organs and Peritoneum

Question 1

digestive organs and peritoneum are lined with

Answer 1

serous membrane consisting of superficial mesothelium covering a layer of areolar tissue

Question 2

serosa and visceral peritoneum

Answer 2

cover the organs in the peritoneal cavity

Question 3

parietal peritoneum

Answer 3

line the inner surface of the body wall

Question 4

the side of the muscular layers of the digestive tract

Answer 4

consist of visceral smooth muscle

Question 5

peristalsis

Answer 5

along the length of the tract there are rhythmic cycles of activities consisting of waves of muscular contractions that act to move bolus along the length of the tract

Question 6

peristalsis is controlled by

Answer 6

pacesetter cells that surround the lumen of the tract

Question 7

pacesetter cells undergo

Answer 7

spontaneous depolarization

Question 8

spontaneous depolarization

Answer 8

triggering waves of contractions along the entire muscular sheet