GI tract

Question 1

What is also known as the oral cavity and is where food is taken into the body?

Answer 1

mouth

Question 2

What part of the mouth is tissue that separates the oropharynx and nasopharynx, and prevents food from going into the nasal passageway when swallowing?

Answer 2

Soft palate

Question 3

What part of the mouth is the bony portion between the mouth and nose?

Answer 3

Hard palate

Question 4

What part of the mouth is the part of the pharynx between the tongue and the soft palate?

Answer 4

Oropharynx

Question 5

What part of the mouth secretes saliva?

Answer 5

Salivary gland

Question 6

Chemical digestion of food is accomplished by secretion of enzymes that help break down what?

Answer 6

sugars, fat and protein

Question 7

What is the tubular organ that connects the mouth to the stomach?

Answer 7

Esophagus

Question 8

What is the 2 layers of lining of the esophagus?

Answer 8

Mucosa and submucosa

Question 9

What are the 2 layers of muscle in the esophagus?

Answer 9

longitudinal and circular

Question 10

What is the major part of digestion of food and links the esophagus to the small intestine?

Answer 10

Stomach

Question 11

What animals have 4 compartment stomachs?

Answer 11

Ruminants

Question 12

What are the 4 stomachs?

Answer 12

Reticulum, rumen, omasum, abomasum

Question 13

What is a single stomach that has 3 separate parts called?

Answer 13

Monogastric

Question 14

What is the 3 parts of a monogastric stomach?

Answer 14

Fundus, body, antrum

Question 15

The stomach produces what which aids in the breakdown of food?

Answer 15

Hydrochloric acid

Question 16

What enzyme breaks down proteins into amino acids in the stomach?

Answer 16

Pepsin

Question 17

The small intestine consist of what 3 parts?

Answer 17

Duodenum, jejunum, ileum

Question 18

What part of the small intestine is the upper part that is connected to the stomach and on which the pancreas is attached to?

Answer 18

Duodenum

Question 19

What part of the small intestine makes up the majority of the small intestine?

Answer 19

Jejunum

Question 20

What part of the small intestine connect to the cecum?

Answer 20

Ileum

Question 21

The small intestine absorbs what due to the large surface area created by the folds in the intestinal wall and millions of villi?

Answer 21

nutrients

Question 22

The villi in the small intestine contain what?

Answer 22

Microvilli

Question 23

What is digested via the fermentation process in the ruminant?

Answer 23

Carbohydrates

Question 24

What are the two main components of the large intestine?

Answer 24

Cecum and colon

Question 25

What is a blind sac that is less developed in dogs and cats but is more advanced in the ruminant?

Answer 25

Cecum

Question 26

In horses, what is the cecum and colon referred as?

Answer 26

Hindgut

Question 27

What are the two main components of the Anus?

Answer 27

Internal sphincter and external sphincter

Question 28

The internal sphincter is under what type of control?

Answer 28

Involuntary

Question 29

The external sphincter is under what type of control?

Answer 29

voluntary