PORTAGE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
MODULE 7 QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS [GRADED A+]
What are the structures of the GI tract? - ✔✔Mouth, esophagus, stomach,
duodenum, jejunum, ileum, cecum, colon and rectum
What structures are inside the mouth? - ✔✔-Salivary glands (parotid,
submandibular and sublingual)
-Teeth
What do salivary glands release when chewing? - ✔✔Salivary amylase
(carbs) and salivary lipase
What are the structures of the esophagus? - ✔✔-Pharyngoesophageal
Sphincter (upper esophagus)
©morren2025/2026.Year published 2026.
,Gastroesophageal sphincter (lower esophagus)
What is digested in stomach? - ✔✔carbohydrates and proteins
Where does the esophagus open into the stomach? - ✔✔Cardiac region
What region of the stomach connects to the small intestine? - ✔✔pyloric
region
What controls the emptying of stomach contents into the small intestine
and prevents the backflow into the stomach? - ✔✔pyloric sphincter
Where does the majority of digestion and absorption take place? -
✔✔Small intestine
What is emulsificaton? - ✔✔Start of lipid digestion where fat is broken
down into smaller pieces so that the water-soluble digestive enzymes can
act on the surface molecules
©morren2025/2026.Year published 2026.
, What enters the small intestine through the common bile duct and main
pancreatic duct? - ✔✔bile and pancreatic juices
What is absorption? - ✔✔The process of moving nutrients and other
materials from the external environment of the GI tract into the internal
environment.
What structure is located at the ceum and prevents feces from flowing back
into the ileum? - ✔✔Ileocecal valve
What are the divisions of the large intestine? - ✔✔Ascending colon,
transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, and the rectum
What is the largest visceral organ in the body? - ✔✔liver
Where does the arterial blood to the liver come from? - ✔✔Hepatic artery
Where does the venous blood to the liver come from? - ✔✔digestive tract,
pancreas and spleen
©morren2025/2026.Year published 2026.
MODULE 7 QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS [GRADED A+]
What are the structures of the GI tract? - ✔✔Mouth, esophagus, stomach,
duodenum, jejunum, ileum, cecum, colon and rectum
What structures are inside the mouth? - ✔✔-Salivary glands (parotid,
submandibular and sublingual)
-Teeth
What do salivary glands release when chewing? - ✔✔Salivary amylase
(carbs) and salivary lipase
What are the structures of the esophagus? - ✔✔-Pharyngoesophageal
Sphincter (upper esophagus)
©morren2025/2026.Year published 2026.
,Gastroesophageal sphincter (lower esophagus)
What is digested in stomach? - ✔✔carbohydrates and proteins
Where does the esophagus open into the stomach? - ✔✔Cardiac region
What region of the stomach connects to the small intestine? - ✔✔pyloric
region
What controls the emptying of stomach contents into the small intestine
and prevents the backflow into the stomach? - ✔✔pyloric sphincter
Where does the majority of digestion and absorption take place? -
✔✔Small intestine
What is emulsificaton? - ✔✔Start of lipid digestion where fat is broken
down into smaller pieces so that the water-soluble digestive enzymes can
act on the surface molecules
©morren2025/2026.Year published 2026.
, What enters the small intestine through the common bile duct and main
pancreatic duct? - ✔✔bile and pancreatic juices
What is absorption? - ✔✔The process of moving nutrients and other
materials from the external environment of the GI tract into the internal
environment.
What structure is located at the ceum and prevents feces from flowing back
into the ileum? - ✔✔Ileocecal valve
What are the divisions of the large intestine? - ✔✔Ascending colon,
transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, and the rectum
What is the largest visceral organ in the body? - ✔✔liver
Where does the arterial blood to the liver come from? - ✔✔Hepatic artery
Where does the venous blood to the liver come from? - ✔✔digestive tract,
pancreas and spleen
©morren2025/2026.Year published 2026.
