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Explain why a patient with liver disease would have intolerance to fatty foods. - ANSWER ✔✔
The liver produces bile which breaks down fats. If it is not producing bile (or less bile), fats will
not be broken down effectively.
Food enters the stomach from the ____A_______ via the ____B______ sphincter.Food exits the
stomach via the ______C______ sphincter into the____D_______. - ANSWER ✔✔ A-
Esphogus
B- Lower esphogeal sphincter
C- pyloric sphincter
D- duodenum
Look carefully at the diagram below. Label the following 5 organs of the digestive system.
To receive credit for the intestines you must label the specific region.
3: ___________
4: ___________
7: ___________
9: ___________
10: ___________ - ANSWER ✔✔ 3: Stomach
4: Gallbladder
7: Jejunum (not small intestine)
9: Appendix (not large intestine)
10: Rectum (not large intestine
A patient is experiencing vitamin toxicity. What type of vitamin most likely would be causing
this toxicity? Explain your answer.
A. Water soluble vitamin
B. Fat soluble vitamin - ANSWER ✔✔ The vatamin most likely causing this toxicity Fat
soluable vitamin. Viatamins are stored within the body's fat making it harder for the body to get
rid of it.
Explain which digestive system functions are carried out by the small intestine. - ANSWER ✔✔
Digestion: Chemical and mechanical: In the small intestine chemical digestion continues as
enzymes from the pancreatic juices break down starches and proteins, and begin digestion of fat.
Mechanical digestion continues as bile breaks down fat into smaller pieces.
Absorption: begins as digested food molecules, water and fat are absorbed into the bloodstream.