Unit 6 Module Questions Flashcards
Food does not normally come in contact with the _____, but they are involved in secretion and digestion.
accessory organs
The circular arrangement of muscles around an opening that controls the passage of material through the alimentary canal is known as a __________.
sphincter
The crown of a tooth is covered by __________.
enamel
The three phases of swallowing, in order, are:
voluntary phase, pharyngeal phase, and esophageal phase.
The ____ of teeth is composed of material most similar to bone.
cementum
The ____ is the space between the lips and cheeks.
vestibule
The layers of the alimentary canal, from innermost to outer layer, are:
mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa, and serosa.
The main function of the tongue during digestion is to __________.
help turn food into a bolus and push the bolus posteriorly during swallowing
Which of the following functions of the digestive system allows for food and liquids to pass from one organ to the next?
Propulsion
Which of the following organs is part of the alimentary canal?
Esophagus
What separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity?
Hard palate and soft palate
What creates the mesentery?
Visceral peritoneum
The digestive organs arterial blood supply does not come from the ______.
hepatic portal vein
Saliva is produced by all of the following glands except __________.
esophageal glands
The _____ covers the abdominal organs like an apron.
greater omentum
What is the main job of the pharynx?
Propulsion
Carbohydrate digestion begins in the __________.
mouth
Motility through the alimentary canal consists of all the following different types except __________.
mastication
The _____ forms the outer tissue layer of some abdominal organs.
visceral peritoneum
The third set of molars are more commonly known as _____.
wisdom teeth
As a bolus moves down the esophagus, its movement into the stomach is regulated by the __________.
gastroesophageal sphincter
Which of the following is not part of the alimentary canal?
pancreas
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
Defecation involves the sympathetic nervous system.
What are rugae?
Folds of the mucosa of the stomach
Which process is a squeezing motion of the circular layer of smooth muscle in the small intestine?
segmantation
Which section of the large intestine begins at the splenic flexure?
Descending colon
The main functions of the ____ are churning, peristalsis, storage, and chemical digestion with the enzyme pepsin.
stomach
The most active site for chemical digestion and absorption is the ____.
jejunum
Which segment of the small intestine receives chyme from the stomach?
Duodenum
The ____ are the smallest folds in the small intestine that create the appearance of a brush border.
Microvilli
The _____ of the small intestine facilitate its role in digestion and absorption.
circular folds
The longitudinal ribbons of smooth muscle visible on the outer surfaces of the colon just beneath the serosa are the _____.
taeniae coli
The final process to occur in the alimentary canal is __________.
defecation
What is released by the enteroendocrine cells of the gastric glands?
gastrin
What region of the stomach does food first enter after its passage through the relaxed gastroesophageal sphincter?
cardia
The ____ is the terminal portion of the stomach.
pylorus
Place the structures of the large intestine listed in their correct sequence, starting at the cecum and ending at the rectum.
right colic flexure sigmoid colon ascending colon transverse colon left colic flexure descending colon
3,1,4,5,6,2
The smell, sight, or even thought of food can activate the ____ of gastric acid secretion in the stomach.
cephalic
The acid pH of the gastric juice is caused by the secretion of hydrochloric acid from the _____.
parietal cells
Gastric pressure increases and stomach and intestinal contents are propelled in the opposite direction during ____.
vomiting