Quiz Week 1

Question 1

What are the seven “meanings” of food?

Answer 1

Survival
Memories
Jobs
Relationships
Care Giving
Culture
Politics

Question 2

What are the contractions that the esophagus uses called?

Answer 2

Peristalsis

Question 3

The slushy acidic mixture of food and digestive juices is called what?

Answer 3

Chyme

Question 4

What is the order that food leaves the stomach?

Answer 4

First - Carbohydrates
Second - Proteins
Third - Lipids (Fat)

Question 5

90% of absorption takes place where?

Answer 5

Small intestine

Question 6

The small intestine is covered with finger-like protrusions which absorb nutrients called what?

Answer 6

Villa

Question 7

The active drinking in process where nutrients are absorbed into the blood stream is called what?

Answer 7

Pinocytosis

Question 8

The intermittent oscillating contraction & relaxation of smooth muscle in the small intestines is called what?

Answer 8

Segmentation Contractions

Question 9

The major job of the large intestine is?

Answer 9

The Absorption of Water and Electrolytes