Digestive System EXAM TWO

Question 1

Stores bile until it is secreted.

Answer 1

Gallbladder

Question 2

Fingerlike extensions in the intestinal wall that increase surface area.

Answer 2

Villi

Question 3

One anatomical region where mechanical digestion occurs.

Answer 3

Mouth (Oral cavity) or Stomach

Question 4

Organ that mixes food in the mouth.

Answer 4

Tongue

Question 5

Common passage for food and air.

Answer 5

Pharynx

Question 6

Literally a food chute; it has no digestive or absorptive role.

Answer 6

Esophagus

Question 7

Projections of the plasma membrane of a cell that increase the cell’s surface area.

Answer 7

Microvilli

Question 8

Produces a juice that neutralizes stomach acid and contains digestive enzymes.

Answer 8

Pancreas

Question 9

Organ responsible for absorption of most nutrients.

Answer 9

Small intestines

Question 10

Organ primarily involved in water absorption and feces formation.

Answer 10

Large Intestines (Colon)

Question 11

Blind sac hanging from the initial part of the colon.

Answer 11

Appendix

Question 12

Organ in which protein digestion begins.

Answer 12

Stomach

Question 13

Organ into which the stomach empties.

Answer 13

Small intestines

Question 14

Organ that receives pancreatic juice and bile.

Answer 14

Small intestines

Question 15

Opening through which feces are expelled from the body.

Answer 15

Anus

Question 16

Produces bile.

Answer 16

Liver

Question 17

Produce enzymes that begin carbohydrate digestion.

Answer 17

Salivary Glands

Question 18

Stores feces until they are excreted.

Answer 18

Rectum