complete solution: Chamberlain College of Nursing
Which involves movement of nutrients from food you have eaten from the gastrointestinal tract
to the blood or lymph? Correct Answer: absorption
Which is how food moves through the gastrointestinal tract by using peristalsis? Correct Answer:
propulsion
Which involves movement of indigestible solid wasters form the gastrointestinal tract? Correct
Answer: defecation
The process of deglutition results in Correct Answer: swallowing
Pepsinogen, an inactive digestive enzyme, is secreted by the Correct Answer: chief cells of the
stomach
Control of gastric secretion is provided by Correct Answer: both neural and hormonal
mechanisms
The small intestine receives ______ from the liver and gall bladder and ______ from the
pancreas. Correct Answer: bile, pancreatic juice
Which is NOT a component of bile? Correct Answer: digestive enzymes
Which is an exocrine product of the pancreas? Correct Answer: bicarbonate
Which hormone induces secretion of enzyme-rich pancreatic juice? Correct Answer: CCK
(cholecystokinin)
Bile production and secretion is promoted by Correct Answer: secretin
Most chemical digestion and absorption occurs in the Correct Answer: small intestine
Inadequate colonic water absorption results in Correct Answer: diarhea
Which is NOT a function of the normal bacterial flora of the colon? Correct Answer: hydrolysis
of proteins to supply amino acids
The stimulus that brings about the need for defecation is Correct Answer: distension of rectum
You have just eaten a meal high in complex carbohydrates. Which of the following enzymes will
help to digest the meal? Correct Answer: amylase
, The absorption of which ion is coupled to the absorption of glucose or amino acids? Correct
Answer: Na+
Digestion of table sugar requires Correct Answer: sucrase
Dietary fats are important because Correct Answer: they help the body absorb fat-soluble
vitamins
Select the correct statement about proteins Correct Answer: Proteins will be used by most cells
for ATP synthesis if insufficient carbohydrates are ingested.
Vitamins are organic compounds. They Correct Answer: often function as coenzymes to assist
in catalysis
The primary function of cellular respiration is to Correct Answer: generate ATP, which traps
some of the chemical energy of food molecules in its high-energy bonds
Gluconeogenesis is the process in which Correct Answer: glucose is formed from
noncarbohydrate molecules
The process of breaking triglycerides down into glycerol and fatty acids is known as Correct
Answer: lipolysis
Which is NOT a function of cholesterol? Correct Answer: used for energy
Triglycerides synthesized in hepatocytes are transported to adipocytes by Correct Answer:
VLDL's
Adipose tissue produces ______, sending an important satiety signal to your hypothalamus,
which controls your sense of hunger. Correct Answer: leptin
Which does NOT promote heat-loss? Correct Answer: vasoconstriction of peripheral blood
vessels
Which hormone initiates puberty? Correct Answer: gonadotropin release hormone
The seminal vesicles Correct Answer: secrete fluid that partly composes the semen
Immediately following ejaculation, the seman Correct Answer: clots
Erectile tissue of the penis are filled with Correct Answer: blood sinuses
After completion of meiosis, the human egg and sperm are similar because Correct Answer:
they have the same number of chlromosomes