The digestive system

Question 1

Digestive system

Answer 1

prepare nutrients for absorption and for use by the million of body cells

Question 2

Ingestion, secretion, motility, digestion, absorption, and defecation are the six basic processes of what

Answer 2

the digestive system

Question 3

what are the main organs that form a tube open at both ends

Answer 3

alimentary canal or digestive tracy

Question 4

what is the upper digestive tract

Answer 4

from mouth to stomach

Question 5

what is the lower digestive tract

Answer 5

from the small intestines to anus

Question 6

what are the four layers of tissue

Answer 6

mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, serosa

Question 7

what is the innermost layer with the sublayers of mucous epithelium, lamina proprietor, and muscularis mucosa

Answer 7

mucosa

Question 8

what layer contains glands, blood vessels, and submucosal plexus

Answer 8

submucosa

Question 9

what is the thickest layer of smooth muscle with a myenteric plexus

Answer 9

muscularis

Question 10

what is the outermost layer that is actually the visceral layer of the peritoneum

Answer 10

serosa

Question 11

what are the different kinds of glands

Answer 11

parotid glands, submandibular glands, sublingual glands

Question 12

what glands have serous saliva, is where mumps occurs, and are located above your molars

Answer 12

parotid glands

Question 13

what glands are both serous and mucus saliva and are located under the tongue

Answer 13

submandibular glands

Question 14

what glands are under the tongue, 8-20 ducts drain them and they have mucus saliva

Answer 14

sublingual glands

Question 15

what is majority of saliva made of

Answer 15

water

Question 16

what has the function of cutting, tearing, grinding and mixing food with saliva

Answer 16

teeth

Question 17

how many baby teeth are there

Answer 17

20

Question 18

how many adult teeth are there

Answer 18

32

Question 19

what is deglutition

Answer 19

swallowing

Question 20

what extends from the internal nares to the esophagus and larynx

Answer 20

pharynx

Question 21

what part of the pharynx is for respiration and digestion

Answer 21

oropharynx and laryngopharynx

Question 22

what is the muscular tube that lies behind the trachea

Answer 22

esophagus

Question 23

how many phases are there of deglutition

Answer 23

three

Question 24

what stage of deglutition is movement of the tongue upward and back and moves food to esophagus

Answer 24

voluntary phase

Question 25

what stage of deglutition is the respiratory passageways closed and deglutition center receives and interprets messages and epiglottis moves forward

Answer 25

pharyngeal stage

Question 26

what stage of deglutition does peristalsis occur

Answer 26

esophageal stage

Question 27

what is the enlarged portion above the opening to the esophagus

Answer 27

fundus of the stomach

Question 28

what is the rental part of the stomach

Answer 28

body

Question 29

what is the lower portion of the stomach connecting to the duodenum

Answer 29

pylorus

Question 30

how many layers are in the stomach

Answer 30

4

Question 31

what produces mucus that protect the stomach lining

Answer 31

mucus neck cells

Question 32

what is epithelium made of

Answer 32

goblet cells, enteroendocrine cells, and tuft cells

Question 33

what is the blind ended pouch located in the lower right quadrant where the appendix attaches

Answer 33

cecum

Question 34

what is the right side of the abdomen that extends to the liver

Answer 34

ascending colon

Question 35

what passes horizontally across the abdomen is below the liver, stomach, and spleen

Answer 35

transverse colon

Question 36

what part of the large intestines courses downward in the shape of an S and joins the rectum from the left

Answer 36

sigmoid colon

Question 37

what is the terminal inch of the rectum

Answer 37

anal canal

Question 38

what is the wormlike tubular organ that helps non-pathogenic intestinal bacteria and contains lymphoid tissue

Answer 38

vermiform appendix

Question 39

what is the large continuous sheet of serous membrane that lines the walls of the entire abdominal cavity

Answer 39

peritoneum

Question 40

what is like an apron in front of your intestines that contains adipose tissue and lymph nodes

Answer 40

greater omentum

Question 41

what is between the right and left lobes of the liver and extends to the anterior abdominal wall

Answer 41

falciform ligament

Question 42

what attaches the liver to the lesser curvature of the stomach and duodenum

Answer 42

lesser omentum

Question 43

what binds small intestines to the posterior wall, contains the superior mesenteric artery/vien

Answer 43

mesentery

Question 44

what is the largest gland in the body that lies immediately under the diaphragm that consists of two lobes

Answer 44

the liver

Question 45

where does the liver receive blood from

Answer 45

hepatic artery and hepatic portal vein