Pre Entrance Exam Nursing: Science, Human Anatomy
and Physiology VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2026
Mechanical Digestion - Correct Answers food is crushed and liquefied in order to increase
surface area for the digestive enzymes to work upon
peristalsis - Correct Answers wave-like muscular action conducted by smooth muscle lining the
esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine; rings of muscle encircling the gut
contract, moving food through the GI tract
Chemical Digestion - Correct Answers breaking food molecules down into simple molecules that
can be absorbed
Hydrolysis - Correct Answers process by which chemical digestion occurs; splitting
Alimentary Canal - Correct Answers entire path food follows through the body: oral cavity -->
pharynx --> esophagus --> stomach --> small intestine --> large intestine --> rectum
pharynx - Correct Answers throat; leads to windpipe and esophagus
larynx - Correct Answers "voice box"
diaphragm - Correct Answers sheet of muscle lining the bottom of the thoracic cavity
, Amylase - Correct Answers an enzyme that breaks down starch polysaccharides into smaller
carbohydrate molecules (monosaccharides and disaccharides)
bile - Correct Answers produced by the liver; stored in the gallbladder; helps in the breakdown
of fats
pancreas - Correct Answers supplies a number of enzymes needed for digestion
egestion - Correct Answers elimination from the body
systole - Correct Answers when ventricles contract, pressure increase
atria - Correct Answers chambers where blood from veins collects and is pumped into ventricles
ventricles - Correct Answers large, muscular chambers that pump blood through the body
right atrium - Correct Answers receives deoxygenated blood from the vena cava
right ventricle - Correct Answers pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs through the
pulmonary artery
left atrium - Correct Answers oxygenated blood from the lungs returns through the pulmonary
artery
left ventricle - Correct Answers receives oxygenated blood from the left atrium, and is pumped
through the aorta and arteries to the rest of the body
diastole - Correct Answers when atria contract, pressure is lowered
and Physiology VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2026
Mechanical Digestion - Correct Answers food is crushed and liquefied in order to increase
surface area for the digestive enzymes to work upon
peristalsis - Correct Answers wave-like muscular action conducted by smooth muscle lining the
esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine; rings of muscle encircling the gut
contract, moving food through the GI tract
Chemical Digestion - Correct Answers breaking food molecules down into simple molecules that
can be absorbed
Hydrolysis - Correct Answers process by which chemical digestion occurs; splitting
Alimentary Canal - Correct Answers entire path food follows through the body: oral cavity -->
pharynx --> esophagus --> stomach --> small intestine --> large intestine --> rectum
pharynx - Correct Answers throat; leads to windpipe and esophagus
larynx - Correct Answers "voice box"
diaphragm - Correct Answers sheet of muscle lining the bottom of the thoracic cavity
, Amylase - Correct Answers an enzyme that breaks down starch polysaccharides into smaller
carbohydrate molecules (monosaccharides and disaccharides)
bile - Correct Answers produced by the liver; stored in the gallbladder; helps in the breakdown
of fats
pancreas - Correct Answers supplies a number of enzymes needed for digestion
egestion - Correct Answers elimination from the body
systole - Correct Answers when ventricles contract, pressure increase
atria - Correct Answers chambers where blood from veins collects and is pumped into ventricles
ventricles - Correct Answers large, muscular chambers that pump blood through the body
right atrium - Correct Answers receives deoxygenated blood from the vena cava
right ventricle - Correct Answers pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs through the
pulmonary artery
left atrium - Correct Answers oxygenated blood from the lungs returns through the pulmonary
artery
left ventricle - Correct Answers receives oxygenated blood from the left atrium, and is pumped
through the aorta and arteries to the rest of the body
diastole - Correct Answers when atria contract, pressure is lowered
