Digestive Glands

Question 1

digestive glands associated with the alimentary canal include which glands

Answer 1

salivary glands
the liver
pancreas

Question 2

saliva is mainly produced by which three pairs of salivary glands

Answer 2

parotids (cheeks)
sub-maxillary/sub-mandibular (lower jaw)
sub-linguals (below the tongue)

Question 3

the salivary glands are situated just outside the _________ cavity secrete saliva into the ___________ cavity

Answer 3

buccal
buccal

Question 4

_______ is the largest gland of the body weighing about ______ to ______ kg in an adult human

Answer 4

liver
1.2
1.5

Question 5

liver is situated in the _________ cavity, just below the _________ and has _____ lobes

Answer 5

abdominal
diaphragm
two

Question 6

hepatic lobules are the structural and functional units of liver containing ____________ arranged in the form of ________

Answer 6

hepatic cells
cords

Question 7

each lobule of the liver is covered by _________________________ called _____________

Answer 7

thin connective tissue sheath
Glissonis capsule

Question 8

the ____ secreted by the hepatic cells passes through the hepatic ducts and is stored and concentrated in a thin muscular sac called ______

Answer 8

bile
gall bladder

Question 9

duct of gall bladder is called

Answer 9

cystic duct

Question 10

which two ducts from the liver form a common bile duct

Answer 10

cystic duct and hepatic duct

Question 11

which two ducts form the hepato-pancreatic duct and where does it open
does it have a sphincter

Answer 11

the common bile duct and pancreatic duct
opens in duodenum
sphincter of Oddi

Question 12

is pancreas exocrine or endocrine

Answer 12

both

Question 13

where is pancreas situated

Answer 13

between the limbs of duodenum

Question 14

in pancreas, the exocrine portion secretes ___________________ containing _________
endocrine portion secretes __________

Answer 14

alkaline pancreatic juice
enzymes
harmones, insulin, glucagon