A&P Questions with CORRECT Answers (Grade
A+)
Question:
5 main components of the Digestive Tract
Answer:
Oral Cavity, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine.
Question:
4 Organs releasing substances into the digestive tract
Answer:
Salivary glands, liver, gallbladder and pancreas.
Question:
Peritoneum definition
Answer:
Thin shiny serous membrane that lines the abdominopelvic cavity and also folds back to cover
most of the organs contained within the cavity.
Question:
Peristalsis
Answer:
Wave like muscle contractions that propel food through parts of the digestive tract.
Question:
Location of the stomach
Answer:
, Left upper abdominal quadrant.
Question:
Function of gastric mucus
Answer:
To protect the organs of the digestive system from the strong acids excreted to digest food.
Question:
Function of hydrochloric acid
Answer:
It denatures or unwinds proteins to prepare them for digestion and destroys foreign
organisms.
Question:
Pepsin
Answer:
Protein digesting enzyme produced in an inactive form called pepsinogen which is activated
only when it comes into contact with HCl or previously activated pepsin molecules.
Question:
Divisions of the small intestine
Answer:
Duodenum, Jejunum, and Ileum. DJ ileum in the haus!
Question:
Location and method of digestion
Answer:
A+)
Question:
5 main components of the Digestive Tract
Answer:
Oral Cavity, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine.
Question:
4 Organs releasing substances into the digestive tract
Answer:
Salivary glands, liver, gallbladder and pancreas.
Question:
Peritoneum definition
Answer:
Thin shiny serous membrane that lines the abdominopelvic cavity and also folds back to cover
most of the organs contained within the cavity.
Question:
Peristalsis
Answer:
Wave like muscle contractions that propel food through parts of the digestive tract.
Question:
Location of the stomach
Answer:
, Left upper abdominal quadrant.
Question:
Function of gastric mucus
Answer:
To protect the organs of the digestive system from the strong acids excreted to digest food.
Question:
Function of hydrochloric acid
Answer:
It denatures or unwinds proteins to prepare them for digestion and destroys foreign
organisms.
Question:
Pepsin
Answer:
Protein digesting enzyme produced in an inactive form called pepsinogen which is activated
only when it comes into contact with HCl or previously activated pepsin molecules.
Question:
Divisions of the small intestine
Answer:
Duodenum, Jejunum, and Ileum. DJ ileum in the haus!
Question:
Location and method of digestion
Answer:
