VN 17 Lymphatic & Dgestive System Study Guide Test 9 part 2-DONE

Question 1

1.DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERM IN RELATION TO THE DIGESTIVE SYSEM
A. Absorption

Answer 1

the passage of digested food from the digestive tract into the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems for distribution to the body’s cells

Question 2

1.DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERM IN RELATION TO THE DIGESTIVE SYSEM
B. Peristalsis
(pg.374)

Answer 2

the physical movement or pushing of food along the digestive tract

Question 3

1. DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERM IN RELATION TO THE DIGESTIVE SYSEM
   C. DEFECATION
   (pg.374)

Answer 3

the elimination from the body of those substances that are indigestible and cannot be absorbed.

Question 4

1. DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERM IN RELATION TO THE DIGESTIVE SYSEM
   D. DIGESTION
   (pg.374)

Answer 4

the breakdown of food by both mechanical and chemical mechanisms

Question 5

2. WHAT IS THE GI TRACT?
   (pg.374)

Answer 5

a long continuous tube that runs through the ventral cavity of the body and extends from the mouth to the anus

Question 6

3.WHAT ARE TUNICS? (pg.374)

Answer 6

The walls of the alimentary canal from the esophagus to the anal canal.

Question 7

4.WHAT IS THE INNERMOST LAYER OF THE ALIMENTARY CANAL? (pg.375)

Answer 7

tunica mucosa

Question 8

5.WHAT IS VITAMIN A NECESSAR FOR? (pg.379)

Answer 8

for vision, bone growth, and maintenance or epithelial cells

Question 9

6.WHAT IS VITAMIN B FOR? (pg.379)

Answer 9

-energy metabolism
-necessary for muscle & nerve function

Question 10

7.WHAT IS THE UVULA? (pg.377)

Answer 10

Hanging from its posterior border is a cone-shaped muscular structure. functions in the swallowing process and prevents food from backing up into the nasal area.

Question 11

8.WHAT IS UMAMI? (pg.379)

Answer 11

-a type of taste that detects MSG
-distinct flavor popular in Asian foods

Question 12

9. HOW MANY INCISORS ARE THERE? (pg.382)

Answer 12

8

Question 13

10.WHAT IS THE HARDEST SUBSTANCE IN THE BODY? (pg.382)

Answer 13

enamel

Question 14

11.WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR SWALLOWING? (pg.382)

Answer 14

deglutition

Question 15

12.DESCRIBE THE ESOPHAGUS? (pg.385)

Answer 15

is a collapsible, muscular tube that is situated behind the trachea or windpipe.

Question 16

13.DESCRIBE THE PYLORUS?(pg.385)

Answer 16

is the narrow inferior region that connects with the duodenum of the small intestine via the pyloric sphincter.

Question 17

14.DESCRIBE THE PARIETAL CELLS? (pg.385)

Answer 17

secrete hydrochloric acid, which activates the pepsinogen to become pepsin

Question 18

15.DESCRIBE ACINI CELLS? (pg.386)

Answer 18

release a mixture of digestive enzymes (lipases, carbohydrases, and proteases) called the pancreatic juice,

Question 19

16.DESCRIBE KUPFFER CELLS (pg.389)

Answer 19

of the liver phagocytose (eat) certain bacteria and old, worn-out white and red blood cells.

Question 20

17.WHAT IS THE GALLBLADDER FOR? (pg.389)

Answer 20

to store and concentrate the bile produced by the liver lobules until it is needed in the small intestine.

Question 21

18.WHAT IS THE FIRST PART OF THE SMALL INTESTINE?(pg. 390)

Answer 21

The duodenum, which is the shortest part and is about 10 inches long.

Question 22

19.WHAT IS CHIME? (pg.390)

Answer 22

the digested, viscous, semifluid contents of the small intestine.

Question 23

20.WHAT IS THE FIRST PART OF THE LARGE INTESTINE? (pg.391)

Answer 23

the cecum

Question 24

21. WHAT DOES THE LIVER DO?(pg.389)

Answer 24

-produces heparin, prothrombin & thrombin
-it stores excess carbs as glycogen
-it stores copper,iron & vitamins A,D,E, k
-it stores & transforms poisons into less harmful substances
-its kupffer cellsphagocytose (eat) certain bacteria and old, worn-out white and red blood cells.
-produces bile salts that break down fats.

Question 25

22.WHAT DO THE CHIEF CELLS SECRETE? (pg.385)

Answer 25

The principal gastric enzyme pepsinogen