Digestive System Test

Question 1

aliment-

Answer 1

nourish

Question 2

cardi(o)

Answer 2

heart

Question 3

gastr(o)

Answer 3

stomach

Question 4

ruga-

Answer 4

wrinkle

Question 5

sphincter-

Answer 5

gatekeeper

Question 6

Name the organs of the digestive system (without accessory organs)

Answer 6

mouth
pharynx
esophagus
stomach
small intestine
large intestine

Question 7

Name the accessory organs

Answer 7

tongue
salivary glands
pancreas
liver
gallbladder

Question 8

What is an accessory organ?

Answer 8

An organ that aides in digestion but is not part of the digestive tract

Question 9

What are the six functions of the digestive system?

Answer 9

1. Ingestion
2. Secretion of fluids and digestive enzymes
3. Mixing and movement of food and wastes through the body
4. Digestion of food into smaller pieces
5. Absorption of nutrients
6. Excretion of wastes

Question 10

What is ingestion?

Answer 10

The taking in of food to the mouth

Question 11

What is propulsion?

Answer 11

Moving food from one organ to the next

Question 12

What is digestion?

Answer 12

Breaking food into absorbable units

Question 13

What is absorption?

Answer 13

The moving of nutrients from the lumen of the digestive tract into the blood or lymph

Question 14

How much absorption occurs between the mouth and the esophagus?

Answer 14

Very little

Question 15

What are the monomers of carbohydrates?

Answer 15

Monosaccharides

Question 16

What are the monomers of proteins

Answer 16

Amino acids

Question 17

What are the monomers of lipids?

Answer 17

Glycerol and fatty acids

Question 18

What are the different types of carbohydrates?

Answer 18

Sugars, starches, cellulose

Question 19

What are the different types of lipids?

Answer 19

Saturated fats, unsaturated fats, cholesterol

Question 20

What are the different types of proteins?

Answer 20

Complete and incomplete

Question 21

What types of foods contain carbohydrates?

Answer 21

Cereal, crackers, etc

Question 22

What types of foods contain lipids?

Answer 22

Milk, cheese, etc (saturated fat solid at room temperature)

Question 23

What types of foods contain proteins?

Answer 23

Lipids

Question 24

Serous membranes have how many layers of epithelial cells?

Answer 24

2

Question 25

What is the outermost layer of the alimentary canal?

Answer 25

The serosa

Question 26

What is the function of the peritoneum?

Answer 26

Supports the abdominal organs

Question 27

What is the protective layer of the alimentary canal?

Answer 27

Mesentary

Question 28

What is the function of the lesser omentum?

Answer 28

Runs from the liver to the duodenum at the top of the small intestine

Question 29

What is the function of the greater omentum/

Answer 29

Large fold which hangs down from stomach to protect abdominal organs

Question 30

What are the structures of the oral cavity?

Answer 30

Hard palate, soft palate, uvula, tonsils, buccinators

Question 31

What is a vestibule?

Answer 31

The area between the teeth, lips, and cheeks

Question 32

What is the lingual frenulum?

Answer 32

The thing that anchors your tongue to your mouth

Question 33

What are the papillae?

Answer 33

Muscles which help you chew?

Question 34

What is the function of the cardioesophageal sphincter?

Answer 34

The sphincter between the stomach and the esophagus which prevents the contents of the stomach from entering the esophagus

Question 35

What is the function of the pyloric sphincter?

Answer 35

The sphincter between the stomach and small intestine that controls the release of chyme into the small intestine

Question 36

What are the rugae?

Answer 36

Folds of the stomach which allow it to expand