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Question 1

What kind of tissue makes up the middle of the digestive tract (stomach area)

Answer 1

Simple columnar

Question 2

What is the role of accessory organs in the digestive system?

Answer 2

Produces digestive enzymes

Question 3

What parts of the digestive system are retroperitoneal?

Answer 3

Duodenum, pancreas, parts of the small intestine

Question 4

What type if tissue in the mouth helps resist stress but isn’t good for absorption?

Answer 4

Stratified squamous

Question 5

What substance neutralizes stomach acidity when chyme enters the small intestine?

Answer 5

Sodium bicarbonate

Question 6

What is the purpose of gastric rugae in the stomach?

Answer 6

Increases the stomach’s ability to expand

Question 7

Where in the small intestine does the majority of nutrient absorption occur?

Answer 7

Jejunum

Question 8

What plexus regulates motility?

Answer 8

Myenteric plexus

Question 9

What is the significance of the hepatic portal system?

Answer 9

Delivers nutrient-rich blood from the GI tract to the liver

Question 10

What type of tissue lines thr esophagus?

Answer 10

Stratified squamous

Question 11

What area of the small intestine is used mainly for fat emulsification?

Answer 11

Duodenum

Question 12

Basement membrane, podocytes and endothelial cells make up the _________

Answer 12

Glomerular filtration barrier

Question 13

Epithelial tissue is the mouth/esophagus and why

Answer 13

Stratified squamous because of stress

Question 14

Stomach tissue and why

Answer 14

Simple columnar because mucus secretion

Question 15

Small and large intestine tissue and why?

Answer 15

Simple columnar with microvilli bc absorption and increased space

Question 16

The ______ of the GI tract is made up of the epithelium, the lamina proparia and the muscularis mucosae

Answer 16

Mucosa

Question 17

The ______ of the GI tract is made of connective tissue and the the submucosal plexus

Answer 17

Submucosa

Question 18

The ______ of the GI tract is made up of smooth muscle layers and the myenteric plexus.

Answer 18

Muscularis externa

Question 19

The _______ is made up of the serosa and the adventitia.

Answer 19

Serosa

Question 20

What do the the portions of the GI tract all have in common in terms of layers?

Answer 20

Mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa, serosa

Question 21

The ________ sphincter prevents the stomach contents, including acid from flowing back into the esophagus

Answer 21

Esophageal or lower esophageal or cardiac

Question 22

The ______ sphincter controls the release of bile and pancreatic juices into the duodenum

Answer 22

Hepatopancreatic

Question 23

The _______ sphincter regulates the flow of chyme from the stomach into the small intestine

Answer 23

Pyloric

Question 24

The _______ stores and concentrates bile and is under the liver.

Answer 24

Gallbladder

Question 25

What do lacteals do?

Answer 25

Absorb fats

Question 26

Phases of ovulation

Answer 26

Follicular Phase - GnRH stimulates pituitary gland GI produce FSH Ovulation - surge in LH Luteal Phase - ruptured follicle turns to corpus luteum, which secretes progesterone, preparing for pregnancy

Question 27

What do acini cells in the pancreas do?

Answer 27

Secrete lipase, amylase and protease

Question 28

Why is the peristalsis in the large intestine?

Answer 28

Waste material propelled towards the rectum

Question 29

What is the peristalsis in the esophagus?

Answer 29

Food is moved from the mouth to the stomach during swallowing

Question 30

________ is a specialized part of the circulatory system that transports nutrient-rich blood from the digestive organs to the liver for processing before it enters the general circulation

Answer 30

Hepatic portal circulation

Question 31

The ———— supplies oxygenated blood to the kidneys

Answer 31

Renal artery

Question 32

What supplies blood to the glomerulus?

Answer 32

Afferent arterioles

Question 33

What carries blood away from the glomerulus?

Answer 33

Efferent arteriole

Question 34

What helps with reabsorption of water and solutes back into the blood?

Answer 34

Peritubular capillaries

Question 35

The bowman’s capsule, glomerulus, pct, loop of henle, Duct and collecting duct make up the ————

Answer 35

Nephron

Question 36

——— cells produce testosterone

Answer 36

Leydig

Question 37

——- cells support spermatogenesis and secrete inhibin

Answer 37

Sertoli/nurse

Question 38

The ——- layer of the uterine lining acts a protective layer and lubricates

Answer 38

Perimetrium