Greene_MaryHelen Test- Digestive System

Question 1

4. What is bolus?

Answer 1

It is what food is called after its been particularly broken down in the mouth.
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Question 2

In what part of the body does chemical digestion take place?

Answer 2

Small intestine

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Question 3

10. What digestive organ releases enzymes that help break down starches, proteins, and fats in the small intestine?

Answer 3

Pancreas

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Question 4

13. On the tooth diagram which letter is pointing to the part that provides the main structure of the tooth

Answer 4

E, Dentin

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Question 5

17. Witch of the following organs is consideredto be part of the alimentary canal?

Answer 5

None of these (gallbladder, liver, pancreas, salivary glands)
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Question 6

21. Which of the following is true about the stomach?

Answer 6

All are true (a. The stomach is J-shaped muscular pouch in the abdomen, b. Mechanical digestion occurs in the stomach, c. HIC in the stomach kills many bacteria that are swallowed with food that helps pepsin to work, d. Digestive juices in the stomach contains an enzyme that breaks down proteins.)
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Question 7

23. Which nutrients are made of amino acids?

Answer 7

Proteins

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Question 8

29. Where does digestion of carbohydrates begin?

Answer 8

D, large intestine

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Question 9

33. What structure enables the small intestine to absorb large amounts of nutrients?

Answer 9

C. Villi

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Question 10

36. About half of the different__________that make up proteins are made inside the body.

Answer 10

Amino Acids

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Question 11

39. Bactria in the esophagus makes vitamin K.

Answer 11

False- large intestine

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Question 12

43. Food is pushed through the esophagus to the stomach by the waves of muscle contraction known as absorption.

Answer 12

False- peristalsis

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Question 13

50. Give the letter and names of organ into which food moves after leaving organ B.

Answer 13

After leaving B, the stomach, food moves into E, the small intestine.
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Question 14

What is peristalsis? Give the letters of the two organs into which food moves after leaving organ B.

Answer 14

Peristalsis is involuntary waves of muscle contraction. 
A(esophagus) 
B(stomach) 
E(small intestine) 
F(large intestine) 
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Question 15

52. What specifically is the name of the area of organ C shown? In general, could organ C preform its function without organ B? Explain.

Answer 15

C- duodenum of a the small intestines. B- is the pancreas, which produces enzymes, chemical digestion could not be completed, so C, the small intestine, would be unable to absorb small nutrient molecules into the bloodstream.
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Question 16

53. Give the letter and name of the organ through which food is absorbed.

Answer 16

C, small intestine

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Question 17

55. Name the structures that line organ C and described heir function.

Answer 17

The structures are villi nutrient molecules pass into cells on the surface of villus and from there into the blood vessels. The villi provide a large surface area for absorption.
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Question 18

56. Give the letter and name of the organ in which almost all chemical digestion takes place.

Answer 18

C- small intestine

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Question 19

57. Identify organ A and give its function.

Answer 19

A is the liver, which produces bile that helps break down fat into smaller particles.
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Question 20

Label A-G using the teeth diagram. List the functions of A-D.

Answer 20

A= incisors- cutting
B= canines- chewing
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