Exam 6: Digestive System

Question 0

What is the pouch-like extension of the visceral peritoneum that is shaped like an apron?

Answer 0

Greater Omentum

Question 1

What structure contains 3 layers of smooth muscles?

Answer 1

Muscularis

Question 2

Where is the greater Omentum located?

Answer 2

Greater curvature of the stomach to

the pelvis

Question 3

What is another word for lips?

Answer 3

Labia

Question 4

What is responsible for closing during swallowing to prevent food from entering the nasopharynx?

Answer 4

Soft Palate

Question 5

What is the first set of teeth in the growth development of humans?

Answer 5

Deciduous

Question 6

What are teeth that replaces a temporary tooth and lasts for most of the person’s life?

Answer 6

Permanent

Question 7

What is another word for tooth decay?

Answer 7

Dental caries

Question 8

What is the term for swallowing?

Answer 8

Deglutition

Question 9

What term means difficult in swallowing?

Answer 9

DysphaGIa

Question 10

What is a term that means difficult in speaking?

Answer 10

DysphaSia

Question 11

What is also known as “lower esophageal sphincter” (LES) that prevents good from re-entering the esophagus from the stomach?

Answer 11

Cardiac Sphincter

Question 12

What is a retrograde (backwards) flow of stomach acid into the esophagus?

Answer 12

GERD

Question 13

What is semi-liquid mixture of gastric juices and food that leaves the stomach and enters the small intestines?

Answer 13

Chyme

Question 14

What cells produce mucus?

Answer 14

Goblet cells

Question 15

What is the longest part of the digestive digestive tract and is 20ft long?

Answer 15

Small intestine

Question 16

Where does the duodenum begin?

Answer 16

Pyloric sphincter

Question 17

What is the first part of the small intestine and where majority of chemical digestion occurs?

Answer 17

Duodenum

Question 18

Where does the the ilium end?

Answer 18

Iliocecal sphincter

Question 19

What are multiple permanent folds in the lining of small intestines?

Answer 19

Plicae

Question 20

What of the lymphatic system are located in the villi?

Answer 20

Lacteals

Question 21

What structure is responsible for absorption?

Answer 21

Villi

Question 22

What are the functions of the large intestines?

Answer 22

1. Store any undigested material for elimination from the body.
2. Absorb water

Question 23

What sphincter like structure that allows unabsorbed and undigested food materials into the colon?

Answer 23

Iliocecal valve

Question 24

What means worm like?

Answer 24

Vermiform

Question 25

What is between ascending and transverse colon (left)?

Answer 25

Hepatic flexure

Question 26

What is between transverse and the descending colon (right)?

Answer 26

Splenic flexure

Question 27

What sphincter is made of involuntary muscle?

Answer 27

Internal sphincter

Question 28

What sphincter is made up of voluntary muscle past toddler age?

Answer 28

External sphincter

Question 29

Are red blood cells produced in the liver?

Answer 29

No

Question 30

Where does decomposition or destruction of RBCs takes place?

Answer 30

Liver

Question 31

Where is bile stored?

Answer 31

Gall bladder

Question 32

Where is bile produced?

Answer 32

Liver

Question 33

What emulsifies (break down) fat?

Answer 33

Bile salts

Question 34

What hormone is responsible for contraction of the fall bladder for the purpose of releasing bile?

Answer 34

Cholecystokinin

Question 35

Where are the bile duct and pancreatic duct joined?

Answer 35

Ampulla of Vater

Question 36

What is the structure that is responsible for transporting bile to the duodenum and both liver and gallbladder?

Answer 36

Common bile duct

Question 37

What is both an endocrine and exocrine gland?

Answer 37

Pancreas

Question 38

What produces INACTIVE enzymes that digest fats, proteins, carbohydrates, and nucleus acids?

Answer 38

Exocrine portion of the pancreas

Question 39

What is a temporary stoppage of intestinal peristalsis that may be accompanied by severe pain, abdominal digestion, vomiting or absence of stool?

Answer 39

Ileus

Question 40

What are the 10 steps of the flow of digestion?

Answer 40

1. Mouth 2. Lower esophageal sphincter 3. Duodenum 4. Jejunum 5. Ileum 6. Ileocecal valve 7. Cecum 8. Hepatic flexure 9. Descending colon 10. Rectum