The Gastrointestinal System - Major Organs of the GI System Part 7

Question 1

The large intestine is ____ feet long

Answer 1

5

Question 2

The main function of the large intestine is to receive waste material from the small intestine, absorb water and sodium from the waste material before it passes out of the body, and incubate bacteria that produce ____

Answer 2

essential vitamins

Question 3

The large intestine forms a ____ around the small intestine

Answer 3

three-sided frame

Question 4

At the joint of the small and large intestines, there’s a pouch called the ____

Answer 4

cecum

Question 5

The ileocecal valve (a sphincter-like structure) ____’s from the ileum of the small intestine to the cecum of the large intestine

Answer 5

regulates the passage of material

Question 6

When material enters the large intestine, most of the digestible nutrients have already been absorbed by the small ____

Answer 6

small intestine

Question 7

The chyme has become fecal matter, which may take one to three days to move from the ileocecal valve to the ____, the terminal portion of the large intestine

Answer 7

rectum

Question 8

The portion of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum is called the ____

Answer 8

colon

Question 9

The ascending colon “____” straight up from the cecum to the liver

Answer 9

“climbs”

Question 10

The transverse colon goes “____” the abdomen

Answer 10

“across”

Question 11

The descending colon goes “____” along the flank

Answer 11

“down”

Question 12

The sigmoid colon, which makes an S shape, empties into the ____

Answer 12

rectum

Question 13

The internal sphincter will relax automatically when the rectum fills with feces, stimulating the desire to ____

Answer 13

defecate

Question 14

The external sphincter, or anus, is controlled ____

Answer 14

voluntarily