Test- Digestive System Flashcards
- Which of the following organs is considered to be a part of the alimentary canal?
None of these
Pancreas, gallbladder, liver.
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- What substance coats and protects the inside of the stomach?
Mucus
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- Which nutrients are made up of amino acids?
Proteins
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- Where does digestion of carbohydrates begin?
Mouth
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- Where does the alimentary canal end?
Large intestine
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- What structures enables the small intestine to absorb large amounts of nutrients?
Villi
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- What is bolus?
It is what food is called after it’s been partially broken down in the mouth.
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- When chyme enters the small intestine,
None of these occur
Enzymes are absorbed into the small intestinal wall from the chyme.
A large amount of chyme is present.
An acid solution neutralizes the basic chyme solution.
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- What is chyme?
It is what food is called after it’s been digested by the stomach
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- What process involves muscle contractions that move food through the esophagus?
Peristalsis
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- About half of the different …. that makes up proteins are made inside the body
Amino acids
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- What is to the right side of the liver and the gall balder, and function.
Stomach, the part where the major digestion occurs
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- Name the structures that line the large intestine.
The structures are villi, they will provide a large surface area for absorption.
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- Give the letter and name of the organ through which food is absorbed.
The small intestine
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- Identify structures a through D
Liver
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- Give the letters and names of the two organs shown in the diagram through which food does not travel.
Pancreas and liver
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- What is peristalsis?
Peristalsis is Involuntary waves of muscle contraction.
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