Test - Digestive System Flashcards
- What is the process by which nutrient molecules pass through the wall of the digestive system and into the blood?
C. Absorption
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- What organ(s) are considered part of the alimentary canal?
E. None of these(NOT the pancreas, gallbladder, or liver)
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- Why do we need to break apart the food we eat?
D. So our body can use the nutrients from the food
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- What substance coats & protects the inside of the stomach?
C. Mucus
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- In what part of the body does most chemical digestion take place?
D. Small Intestine
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- Where does most chemical digestion take place?
D. Dueodenum
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- What is the flap of tissue that seals off the windpipe, preventing food from entering it?
B. Epiglottis
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- What substance must be present in the stomach for pepsin to work the best?
A. Hydrochloric acid
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- What happens when chyme enters the small intestine?
E. None of these occur
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- What is chyme?
B. It is what is called after it’s been digested in the stomach.
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- What process involves muscle contractions that move food through the esophagus?
D. Peristalsis
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- What are the tiny structures that allow nutrient molecules to pass through into the small intestine?
Villi
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- What stores bile and releases it through a tube into the small intestine?
Gallbladder
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- Water from the digestive system is absorbed into the small intestine.
TRUE OR FALSE?
True
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- Most chemical digestion takes place in the large intestine.
TRUE OR FALSE?
False —> small intestine
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- What is the tube in the small intestine (duodenum) and could it function without the pancreas?
C - Duodenum of the small intestines
B - Pancreas which produces enzymes that aid in chemical digestion.
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- What are the structures that line or are found inside of the organ C and with a is their function?
The structures are villi.
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- What is the letter and name of the organ through which food is absorbed?
C, small intestine
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- What are the letters and names of the 2 organs through which food does not travel?
C, pancreas. G, liver.
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- What is the name of the organ that carries food to the stomach?
The esophagus
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- What is the name of the organ into which food moves after leaving the stomach?
Food moved into the small intestine after leaving the stomach.
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