AAMI Science Certification Review 167
A+ Questions and Answers Verified
Solutions Latest Update 2026/2027
Answer:
where does digestion begin?
■Chewing.
Answer:
what is the mechanical breakdown of food?
■Pharynx, Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestines, Large Intestines.
Answer:
what are the organs of the digestive tract?
■Teeth, Tongue, Liver, Gall Bladder, Pancreas.
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what are the accessory organs of the digestive tract?
■Stomach.
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where does the digestion of large proteins begin?
■Regurgitation.
Answer:
what does the cardiac sphincter prevent?
■Cardiac Sphincter.
Answer:
,what prevents regurgitation?
■Pyloric.
Answer:
what is the name of the sphincter that food passes through the stomach to the small intestines?
■Chyme.
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what is food called once it is in the small intestines?
■Peristalsis.
Answer:
chyme is propelled along its course by rhythmical smooth muscle contraction called?
■Small Intestines.
Answer:
where does the greatest amount of digestion take place?
■Liver.
Answer:
what produces bile?
■Bile.
Answer:
what is an emulsifying agent.
■Emulsifier.
Answer:
a substance that reduces large fat droplets into much smaller fat droplets.
■Bile.
Answer:
, this enables the lipase enzyme to digest fat into small absorbable units.
■Villi.
Answer:
what are finger-like projections that increases the absorption area for digestion?
■Stomatitis.
Answer:
inflammation of the mouth (oral or buccal cavity) which may involve the cheeks, gums, tongue,
roof and floor of the mouth.
■Stomatitis.
Answer:
causes of __________:
- mechanical trauma - chewing or peeling
- extreme temperature - drinking beverages that are too hot; eating hot
pizza can burn the roof of your mouth
- chemical injury - exposure to heavy metals such as mercury
- infections from pathogens: common cold; gonorrhea; measles;
leukemia; AIDS
■Candida Albicans.
Answer:
fungus that causes thrush.
■Herpes Simplex l.
Answer:
viral infections seen with cold sores and fever blisters.
■Treponema Pallidum.
Answer:
the causative agent of syphilis, can lead to inflammatory lesions, refered to as mucous patches, in
the mouth during the secondary stage of the disease.
■Mouth.
A+ Questions and Answers Verified
Solutions Latest Update 2026/2027
Answer:
where does digestion begin?
■Chewing.
Answer:
what is the mechanical breakdown of food?
■Pharynx, Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestines, Large Intestines.
Answer:
what are the organs of the digestive tract?
■Teeth, Tongue, Liver, Gall Bladder, Pancreas.
Answer:
what are the accessory organs of the digestive tract?
■Stomach.
Answer:
where does the digestion of large proteins begin?
■Regurgitation.
Answer:
what does the cardiac sphincter prevent?
■Cardiac Sphincter.
Answer:
,what prevents regurgitation?
■Pyloric.
Answer:
what is the name of the sphincter that food passes through the stomach to the small intestines?
■Chyme.
Answer:
what is food called once it is in the small intestines?
■Peristalsis.
Answer:
chyme is propelled along its course by rhythmical smooth muscle contraction called?
■Small Intestines.
Answer:
where does the greatest amount of digestion take place?
■Liver.
Answer:
what produces bile?
■Bile.
Answer:
what is an emulsifying agent.
■Emulsifier.
Answer:
a substance that reduces large fat droplets into much smaller fat droplets.
■Bile.
Answer:
, this enables the lipase enzyme to digest fat into small absorbable units.
■Villi.
Answer:
what are finger-like projections that increases the absorption area for digestion?
■Stomatitis.
Answer:
inflammation of the mouth (oral or buccal cavity) which may involve the cheeks, gums, tongue,
roof and floor of the mouth.
■Stomatitis.
Answer:
causes of __________:
- mechanical trauma - chewing or peeling
- extreme temperature - drinking beverages that are too hot; eating hot
pizza can burn the roof of your mouth
- chemical injury - exposure to heavy metals such as mercury
- infections from pathogens: common cold; gonorrhea; measles;
leukemia; AIDS
■Candida Albicans.
Answer:
fungus that causes thrush.
■Herpes Simplex l.
Answer:
viral infections seen with cold sores and fever blisters.
■Treponema Pallidum.
Answer:
the causative agent of syphilis, can lead to inflammatory lesions, refered to as mucous patches, in
the mouth during the secondary stage of the disease.
■Mouth.
