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45 Cards in this Set
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Another name for the gastrointestinal tract
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Alimentary canal
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stores bile
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Gall bladder
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Progressive inflammation causing liver malfunction
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cirrhosis
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The region of the tooth between the pulp and outer shell is composed of this substance
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Dentin
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smooth muscle constriction between the ileum and cecum
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ileocecal valve
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Regulates the deliver of food from the stomach to the duodenum
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pyloric sphincter
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Attaches the liver to the lesser curvature of the stomach
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lesser omentum
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The cause of the majority of duodenal ulcers
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Helicobacter pylori
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The vermiform appendix is suspended fro the cecum
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True
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The greater omentum indirectly attaches the stomach to the posterior abdominal wall
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True
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The subdivision of the small intestine proceed proximal to distal as: ileum, duodenum, jejunum
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false
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The large intestine is divided into cecum, rectum, and anal canal
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False
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Chief cells of the gastric pits secrete pepsinogen
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True
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Hepatic portal blood is mixed with blood from the hepatic artery in the liver
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True
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The small intestines contain bacteria that synthesize certain nutritional factors such as vitamins
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True
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Which of the following choices correctly pairs a type of cell in the stomach with its secretion
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Chief cell; pepsinogen
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of the large intestine?
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It is the main site of nutrient absorption
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The digestive organ primarily responsible fro the absorption of waters is the
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Large intestine
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Another name for serosa is
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Visceral peritoneum
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The lesser omentum extends between the
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Lesser curvature of the stomach and the porta hepatis of the liver
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Of the six basic digestive processes, the one commonly called "eating" is
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ingestion
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Which of the following is not contained in the saliva
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Enzymes that begin the digestion of proteins
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Mechanical digestion includes all of the following except
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breakdown of food with HCL
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Bacteria are abundant in the intestines, but no in the stomach, because
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Secretions of parietal cells (gastric acid) kill bacteria in the stomach
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The stomach
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Churns food into a paste by mechanical means
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Which of the following correctly describes the function of the greater omentum?
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It stores fat (Ben).
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The inner epithelium of the small intestine is replaced
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Every 3 to 6 days
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What is the function of the gallbladder
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storage of bile
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Which of the following cells produce intrinsic factor?
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Parietal cells
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Which of the following is not a function of hepatocytes
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Production of digestive enzymes
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Which of the following applies to the small intestine?
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Breakdown products of fats enter its lacteals
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The portion of the large intestine closest to the liver is the
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Transverse colon
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Digestion of which of the following would be affected the most if the bile----secreting liver were severely damaged?
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Lipids
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As the food in the stomach is repeatedly squeezed and mixed with gastric juice, it is converted into a semifluid paste called
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Chyme
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Which of the following statements about the duodenum is false?
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It is more movable than the ileum or jejunum, which are retroperitoneal
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Of the basic digestive processes, the one in which nutrients enter capillaries is called
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absorption
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The digestive process that moves chyme back and forth in the small intestine is called
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segmentation
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Some bacteria from the intestinal microbiota work their way into the intestinal wall and start to spread through the circulation. many of these bacteria are stopped by MALT while many more are destroyed by
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Kupper macrophages
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Disease of which structure is the most common cause of tooth loss in adults?
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Periodontal ligament
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The epithelium that lines the stomach and intestines is simple columnar. The basic function of this epithelium are
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Secretion and absorption
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The parietal cells in the stomach produce
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Intrinsic factor
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Which of the following is not an accessory digestive organ?
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Spleen
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The terminal portion of the small intestine is the
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ileum
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The correct sequence of layers in the wall of the alimentary canal, from internal to external, is
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Mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, serosa
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When the acidic contents of the stomach enter the normal alkaline duodenum, the hormone released that causes the pancreas to secrete a bicarbonate-rich juice is
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Secretin
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