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GI Tract MA
Digestive Tract - MA1
Question | Answer |
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What is the sac-like muscular organ that uses HCL and pepsin to begin chemical digestion? | Stomach |
Name the wave like contractions of the gastrointestinal tract that move food through the tract? | peristalsis |
The medical term for "chewing" | Mastication |
What is the soupy mixture formed in the stomach that passes into the small intestine? | Chyme |
What is function does the mouth play in digestion? | ingestion |
From which organ are the majority of nutrients absorbed into the blood stream? | Small Intestines |
Finger-like extensions in the small intestine that aide in digestion by increasing surface area. | Villi |
What is the first part of the small intestine called? | Duodenum |
What is the second part of the small intestine? | Jejunum |
What is the last region of the small intestine? | ileum |
What is the part of the stomach that closes to prevent food from moving back up the esophagus | Cardiac Sphincter |
What is the valve that separates the small and large intestines | Iliocecal valve |
What gets absorbed in the large intestines during digestion? | water |
What is the first part of the large intestine | Cecum |
What major function occurs in the large intestine, rectum, and anus in digestion? | waste elimination |
What is the term for solid waste elimination? | defecation |
What is the term for gaseous waste elimination? | flatulence |
What is the name of the bacteria located in the large intestine | E. Coli |
What accessory organ supplies insulin to the blood? | pancreas |
What accessory organ produces bile to aide in chemical digestion? | Liver |
What substance is secreted into the small intestine from the gallbladder to aide in chemical digestion? | Bile |