Digestive System Part II

Question 1

Major absorption of nutrients

Answer 1

Small Intestine

Question 2

Length of small intestine

Answer 2

6 meters

Question 3

contains bile and pancreatic ducts

Answer 3

Duodenum

Question 4

2.5 meters long and absorbs nutrients

Answer 4

Jejunum

Question 5

3.5 meters long

Answer 5

Ileum

Question 6

2 accessory gland that produces secretions that
empty into the duodenum

Answer 6

LIVER AND PANCREAS

Question 7

A connective tissue septum that separate left and right lobe

Answer 7

Falciform Ligament

Question 8

Receives blood from hepatic artery

Answer 8

Porta

Question 9

Processes nutrients and detoxifies harmful substances from the blood

Answer 9

Liver

Question 10

gate where blood vessels, ducts, nerves enter and exit the liver

Answer 10

porta

Question 11

a yellowish pigment that is made during the breakdown of red blood cells/ hemoglobin

Answer 11

Bilirubin

Question 12

dilutes and neutralizes stomach acid and breaks down/emulsify fats

Answer 12

bile

Question 13

the small sac-shaped organ beneath the liver, in which bile is stored after secretion by the liver and before release into the intestine

Answer 13

Gallbladder

Question 14

May form if the amount of cholesterol secreted by the liver becomes excessive and is not able to dissolve by the bile salts

Answer 14

Gallstones

Question 15

A complex organ composed of both endocrine and exocrine tissue that perform several function/ Located behind the stomach

Answer 15

Pancreas

Question 16

creates natural juices called pancreatic enzymes to break down foods

Answer 16

pancreas

Question 17

absorb water from indigestible food

Answer 17

Large Intestine

Question 18

joins small intestine at ileocecal junction

Answer 18

Cecum

Question 19

is a small, thin pouch about 5 to 10cm (2 to 4 inches) long

Answer 19

Appendix

Question 20

An inflammation of the appendix that usually occur because of an obstruction. Secretion from the appendix cannot pass the obstruction therefore they accumulate, causing enlargement and pain

Answer 20

Appendicitis

Question 21

1.5 meters long /Store feces until they are eliminated by defecation

Answer 21

Colon

Question 22

4 parts of colon

Answer 22

ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon and sigmoid colon

Question 23

straight tube that begins at sigmoid and ends at anal canal

Answer 23

Rectum

Question 24

Begins at the inferior end of the rectum and ends at the anus/ last 2-3 cm of digestive tract

Answer 24

Anal canal

Question 25

Enlarged or inflamed rectal, or hemorrhoidal veins that supply the anal canal.

Answer 25

Hemorrhoids

Question 26

moves food through digestive tract includes swallowing and peristalsis

Answer 26

Propulsion

Question 27

primarily in duodenum and jejunum of small intestine

Answer 27

Absorption

Question 28

elimination of waste in the form of feces

Answer 28

Defecation

Question 29

stored in adipose tissue and liver

Answer 29

Lipids

Question 30

split into polypeptides by
enzymes secreted by stomach and
pancreas

Answer 30

Proteins

Question 31

used to build new proteins

Answer 31

amino acids

Question 32

can move across intestinal wall in
either direction

Answer 32

Water

Question 33

actively transported across
wall of the small intestine

Answer 33

Minerals