BIOD 103 / BIOD103 MODULE 6 | MEDICAL
TERMINOLOGY EXAM | QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+ | PORTAGE
LEARNING | 2026/2027 GUIDE
What is mechanical digestion?
- Correct Answer - The muscles in the walls of the stomach contract
The purpose of mechanical digestion is?
- Correct Answer - Churns and mixes the food with the digestive juices
contained within the stomach
Digestive juices are made in?
- Correct Answer - Rugae
Rugae is?
- Correct Answer - Folds within the walls of the stomach that allow the
stomach to expand as it fills with food
Chemical digestion is?
- Correct Answer - Enzymes and hormones break down the food
Chyme is?
,- Correct Answer - Food in a liquid state
The chyme moves out of the stomach through the?
- Correct Answer - Pyloric sphincter
The pyloric sphincter slowly releases the chyme into the?
- Correct Answer - Small intestine
The small intestine starts and ends where?
- Correct Answer - Starts at the pyloric sphincter and ends at the
ileocecal sphincter
The function of the small intestine is to?
- Correct Answer - Continue the chemical digestion of food through
mixing the chyme with digestive enzymes from the liver and pancreas
and to facilitate the absorption of nutrients from the food into the
bloodstream
Small intestine wall is made up of?
- Correct Answer - Villi
The function of the villi is?
- Correct Answer - Absorption of nutrients to be delivered to the cells of
the body
3 parts of the small intestine are?
- Correct Answer - Duodenum first 12 inches , jejunum middle portion,
ileum last 12 inches before the large intestine
, Large intestine starts and ends at?
- Correct Answer - Starts at the ileocecal valve and ends at the anus
The large intestine is formed from the?
- Correct Answer - Cecum, colon, rectum, and the anal canal
The appendix is connected to the?
- Correct Answer - Cecum
Peptic ulcer disease (PUD)
- Correct Answer - Condition where ulcers develop within the stomach
and duodenum
What are the 2 main causes of PUD?
- Correct Answer - Excessive intake of anti-inflammatory medications,
such as ibuprofen, and an infection with H pylori
How to treat PUD?
- Correct Answer - Antibiotics for the bacterial infection and medications
to decrease the production of acid within the stomach
Cholelithiasis
- Correct Answer - Condition where stones develop within the
gallbladder
Jaundice
- Correct Answer - Yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes
Appendicitis
TERMINOLOGY EXAM | QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+ | PORTAGE
LEARNING | 2026/2027 GUIDE
What is mechanical digestion?
- Correct Answer - The muscles in the walls of the stomach contract
The purpose of mechanical digestion is?
- Correct Answer - Churns and mixes the food with the digestive juices
contained within the stomach
Digestive juices are made in?
- Correct Answer - Rugae
Rugae is?
- Correct Answer - Folds within the walls of the stomach that allow the
stomach to expand as it fills with food
Chemical digestion is?
- Correct Answer - Enzymes and hormones break down the food
Chyme is?
,- Correct Answer - Food in a liquid state
The chyme moves out of the stomach through the?
- Correct Answer - Pyloric sphincter
The pyloric sphincter slowly releases the chyme into the?
- Correct Answer - Small intestine
The small intestine starts and ends where?
- Correct Answer - Starts at the pyloric sphincter and ends at the
ileocecal sphincter
The function of the small intestine is to?
- Correct Answer - Continue the chemical digestion of food through
mixing the chyme with digestive enzymes from the liver and pancreas
and to facilitate the absorption of nutrients from the food into the
bloodstream
Small intestine wall is made up of?
- Correct Answer - Villi
The function of the villi is?
- Correct Answer - Absorption of nutrients to be delivered to the cells of
the body
3 parts of the small intestine are?
- Correct Answer - Duodenum first 12 inches , jejunum middle portion,
ileum last 12 inches before the large intestine
, Large intestine starts and ends at?
- Correct Answer - Starts at the ileocecal valve and ends at the anus
The large intestine is formed from the?
- Correct Answer - Cecum, colon, rectum, and the anal canal
The appendix is connected to the?
- Correct Answer - Cecum
Peptic ulcer disease (PUD)
- Correct Answer - Condition where ulcers develop within the stomach
and duodenum
What are the 2 main causes of PUD?
- Correct Answer - Excessive intake of anti-inflammatory medications,
such as ibuprofen, and an infection with H pylori
How to treat PUD?
- Correct Answer - Antibiotics for the bacterial infection and medications
to decrease the production of acid within the stomach
Cholelithiasis
- Correct Answer - Condition where stones develop within the
gallbladder
Jaundice
- Correct Answer - Yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes
Appendicitis
