PAPER 2026 SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
◉ Structure-function claims. Answer: describes how a product
might affect a structure or function of the body
◉ mouth. Answer: Digestion beings in the __________
◉ bolus. Answer: formed in the mouth; chewed food
◉ upper esopageal. Answer: the spincter between the mouth and
esophagus
◉ lower esopageal. Answer: the spincter between the esophagus
and the stomach
◉ chyme. Answer: food that is grinded into semi liquid gas in the
stomach
◉ pyloric. Answer: the spincter between the stomach and the small
intestine
,◉ gallbladder, pancreas. Answer: Fluids enter the small intestine
from the ____________ and the ___________
◉ ileocecal. Answer: the valve between the small and large
intestines
◉ water. Answer: the colon withdraws ________ from chyme
◉ anal. Answer: the spincter from the large intestine to the outside
◉ gastrointestinal motility. Answer: movement of material through
the tract
◉ peristalsis. Answer: wavelike contractions propel or push chyme
forward; it begins in the esophagus
◉ segmentation. Answer: periodic squeezing or partitioning
◉ 3. Answer: the pyloric spincter opens _____ times per minute
◉ salivary glands, stomach, small intestine, liver (via gallbladder),
and the pancreas. Answer: Digestive juices come from
, ◉ water, salts, and enzymes (including salivary amylase). Answer:
Saliva contains
◉ starches. Answer: Initial breakdown of ___________ begins in the
mouth
◉ gastric juice, pepsin. Answer: _________________ = water + enzymes
(particularly ___________)+ and hydrochloric acid
◉ acid. Answer: prevents bacterial growth in the stomach
◉ mucus. Answer: protects the stomach from acid
◉ In the stomach. Answer: Salivary amylase is digested where?
◉ stomach. Answer: initial breakdown of proteins occurs in the
◉ gastric lipase. Answer: digestion of fats by
◉ stomach acid. Answer: digestion of sucrose by
◉ pancreatic amylase. Answer: the main digestive enzyme is