OpenStax Biology Instructor Answer Guide
Biology 2e
Unit 7: Animal Structure and Function
Chapter 34: Animal Nutrition and the Digestive System
Visual Connection Questions
1. Which of the following statements about the digestive system is false?
b. Food enters the large intestine before the small intestine.
2. Which of the following statements about the small intestine is false?
c. Microvilli are lined with blood vessels as well as lymphatic vessels.
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3. Which of the following statements about digestive processes is true?
c. Bile emulsifies lipids in the small intestine.
Review Questions
4. Which of the following is a pseudo-ruminant?
d. horse
5. Which of the following statements is untrue?
b. Birds eat large quantities at one time so that they can fly long distances.
6. The acidic nature of chyme is neutralized by ________.
c. bicarbonates
7. The digestive juices from the liver are delivered to the ________.
c. duodenum
8. A scientist dissects a new species of animal. If the animal’s digestive system has a
single stomach with an extended small intestine, to which animal could the dissected specimen
be closely related?
b. Snowshoe Hare
Biology 2e
Unit 7: Animal Structure and Function
Chapter 34: Animal Nutrition and the Digestive System
Visual Connection Questions
1. Which of the following statements about the digestive system is false?
b. Food enters the large intestine before the small intestine.
2. Which of the following statements about the small intestine is false?
c. Microvilli are lined with blood vessels as well as lymphatic vessels.
, OpenStax Biology Instructor Answer Guide
3. Which of the following statements about digestive processes is true?
c. Bile emulsifies lipids in the small intestine.
Review Questions
4. Which of the following is a pseudo-ruminant?
d. horse
5. Which of the following statements is untrue?
b. Birds eat large quantities at one time so that they can fly long distances.
6. The acidic nature of chyme is neutralized by ________.
c. bicarbonates
7. The digestive juices from the liver are delivered to the ________.
c. duodenum
8. A scientist dissects a new species of animal. If the animal’s digestive system has a
single stomach with an extended small intestine, to which animal could the dissected specimen
be closely related?
b. Snowshoe Hare
