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Anatomy Chap 25
T/F
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The digestive system processes food, extracts nutrients, and eliminates the residue. | True |
| The enteric nervous system regulates much of the digestive activity but its action depends on the central nervous system. | False |
| Odor, sight, and taste stimulate salivary nuclei in the cerebral cortex. | False |
| Enamel is found in the crown of a tooth, where as dentin is part of both crown and root. | True |
| Both chemical and mechanical digestion start in the mouth and continue in the stomach. | True |
| Absorption of many nutrients start in the stomach. | False |
| The liver is the body's largest gland. | True |
| Both pancreatic juice and bile are secreted into the duodenum. | True |
| The small intestine begins with the duodenum, which is the longest segment. | False |
| The bush borders of intestinal absorptive cells contain numerous goblet cells. | False |
| Most fat is digested by pancreatic lipase. | False |
| Chylomicrons are secreted from the basal surface of the absorptive cells and take into the lacteal in the villus. | True |
| The large intestine absorbs water, fats and salts. | False |
| The large intestine is longer than the small intestine. | False |