Digestive

Question 1

Major functions of digestive system

Answer 1

Digestion : break down and absorb nutrients into flood
Metabolism: production of atp and anabolic and catabolic pathways

Question 2

Alimentary tract

Answer 2

Mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, and anus

Question 3

Accessory organs

Answer 3

Salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas

Question 4

3 regions of pharynx

Answer 4

Nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx

Question 5

4 layers of alimentary canal organs innermost to outermost

Answer 5

Mucosa, submucosa, muscle layers, serosa

Question 6

What is the name of the sphincter between the esophagus and the beginning of the stomach?

Answer 6

Cardioesophageal sphincter located on the left side of the abdominal cavity

Question 7

What are the rejoins of stomach

Answer 7

Cardiac region, fundus, body, pylorus

Question 8

What is the name of the sphincter at the end of the stomach?

Answer 8

Pyloric sphincter

Question 9

What are the duties of the stomach?

Answer 9

Acts as a storage tank for food
Site of food breakdown
Chemical breakdown of protein begins
Delivers chyme to the small intestine

Question 10

Mucous neck cells

Answer 10

produce a sticky alkaline mucus

Question 11

Gastric glands

Answer 11

Secrete gastric juice

Question 12

Chief cells

Answer 12

Produce protein-digesting enzymes (pepsinogens)

Question 13

Parietal cells

Answer 13

Produce hydrochloric acid

Question 14

Endocrine cells

Answer 14

Produce gastrin

Question 15

Sections of small intestine

Answer 15

Duodenum jejunum illeum

Question 16

Substance that enters small intestine from the gallbladder

Answer 16

Source of enzymes that are mixed with chyme-intestinal cells and pancreas
Bike enters from gall bladder

Question 17

What are the sections of the large intestine

Answer 17

Ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon

Question 18

Where is spit secreted

Answer 18

Oral cavity

Question 19

What is the primary enzyme in saliva

Answer 19

Salivary amylase

Question 20

What controls the secretion of saliva

Answer 20

Automatic nervous system

Question 21

Where is the pancreas located in the abdominal cavity

Answer 21

Right below the stomach

Question 22

What does the pancreas do

Answer 22

Produces a wide spectrum of digestive enzymes that break down all categories of food

Question 23

What duct connects the liver to the gallbladder

Answer 23

Common hepatic duct

Question 24

Monomers for carbohydrates

Answer 24

Simple sugars

Question 25

Monomers for proteins

Answer 25

Amino acids

Question 26

Monomers for lipids

Answer 26

Fatty acids and alcohols

Question 27

Pepsin

Answer 27

An active protein digesting enzyme

Question 28

Renin

Answer 28

Works on digesting milk protein