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PN105 Chapters 16&17 Exam Questions
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Process that builds up food molecules into more complex molecules - answer✔Anabolism
When food molecules enter the cell and undergo chemical changes there, the process is called:
- answer✔assimilation
T/F The alimentary canal and the gastrointestinal tract refer to the same thing. - answer✔True,
alimentary canal = GI tract
T/F the muscularis layer of the digestive tract is responsible for peristalis - answer✔True
T/F the frenulum is on the roof of the mouth and keeps food from going into the nasal cavity
when a person swallows - answer✔False
T/F Saliva begins the process of fat digestion. - answer✔False, saliva begins the process of
carbohydrate digestion
T/F The pyloric sphincter regulates the movement of food from the stomach into the small
intestine. - answer✔True
T/F the gallbladder stores and concentrates bile - answer✔True
T/F pancreatic juice helps neutralize the hydrochloric acid produced in the stomach -
answer✔True
T/F The end product of amylase digestion is glucose - answer✔False
T/F in the stomach, hydrochloric acid converts pepsin to trypsin - answer✔False, hydrochloric
acid converts pepsinogen to pepsin
T/F bile emulsifiers large fat droplets into smaller fat droplets - answer✔True
which of the following is not a function of the liver?
A. Produces bile
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PN105 Chapters 16&17 Exam Questions
With Verified And Updated Answers
Process that builds up food molecules into more complex molecules - answer✔Anabolism
When food molecules enter the cell and undergo chemical changes there, the process is called:
- answer✔assimilation
T/F The alimentary canal and the gastrointestinal tract refer to the same thing. - answer✔True,
alimentary canal = GI tract
T/F the muscularis layer of the digestive tract is responsible for peristalis - answer✔True
T/F the frenulum is on the roof of the mouth and keeps food from going into the nasal cavity
when a person swallows - answer✔False
T/F Saliva begins the process of fat digestion. - answer✔False, saliva begins the process of
carbohydrate digestion
T/F The pyloric sphincter regulates the movement of food from the stomach into the small
intestine. - answer✔True
T/F the gallbladder stores and concentrates bile - answer✔True
T/F pancreatic juice helps neutralize the hydrochloric acid produced in the stomach -
answer✔True
T/F The end product of amylase digestion is glucose - answer✔False
T/F in the stomach, hydrochloric acid converts pepsin to trypsin - answer✔False, hydrochloric
acid converts pepsinogen to pepsin
T/F bile emulsifiers large fat droplets into smaller fat droplets - answer✔True
which of the following is not a function of the liver?
A. Produces bile
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