Digestive System A&P Exam Questions
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alimentary canal - ✔✔digestive tract consisting of a tube running between
the mouth and the anus
salivary glands - ✔✔three pairs of exocrine glands in the mouth that
secrete saliva; the parotid, submandibular (submaxillary), and sublingual
glands
gallbladder - ✔✔stores and concentrates the bile produced in the liver
liver - ✔✔produces bile and stores glycogen
pancreas - ✔✔produces insulin and glucagon, enzymes, and sodium
bicarbonate
mouth - ✔✔oral cavity; mechanical digestion (chewing) and chemical
digestion of carbs start
pharynx - ✔✔the throat; last place food and air mix
esophagus - ✔✔muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach
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, stomach - ✔✔large muscular sac that continues mechanical digestion and
starts chemical digestion of proteins
small intestine - ✔✔organ in which most chemical digestion takes place
large intestine - ✔✔organ that absorbs water from undigested material
rectum - ✔✔lower part of the large intestine where feces are stored
ingestion - ✔✔process of taking in food
mechanical processing - ✔✔physical breakdown of foods
chemical digestion - ✔✔process in which enzymes and other chemicals are
used to break foods into their smaller chemical building blocks
secretion - ✔✔process of producing a substance within an organ and
discharging it
absorption - ✔✔process by which nutrient molecules pass through the wall
of the digestive system into the blood
elimination - ✔✔process of passing undigested material out of the anus
defecation - ✔✔elimination of fecal waste through the anus
duodenum - ✔✔first portion of the small intestine which receives secretions
from the gallbladder and pancreas
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alimentary canal - ✔✔digestive tract consisting of a tube running between
the mouth and the anus
salivary glands - ✔✔three pairs of exocrine glands in the mouth that
secrete saliva; the parotid, submandibular (submaxillary), and sublingual
glands
gallbladder - ✔✔stores and concentrates the bile produced in the liver
liver - ✔✔produces bile and stores glycogen
pancreas - ✔✔produces insulin and glucagon, enzymes, and sodium
bicarbonate
mouth - ✔✔oral cavity; mechanical digestion (chewing) and chemical
digestion of carbs start
pharynx - ✔✔the throat; last place food and air mix
esophagus - ✔✔muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach
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, stomach - ✔✔large muscular sac that continues mechanical digestion and
starts chemical digestion of proteins
small intestine - ✔✔organ in which most chemical digestion takes place
large intestine - ✔✔organ that absorbs water from undigested material
rectum - ✔✔lower part of the large intestine where feces are stored
ingestion - ✔✔process of taking in food
mechanical processing - ✔✔physical breakdown of foods
chemical digestion - ✔✔process in which enzymes and other chemicals are
used to break foods into their smaller chemical building blocks
secretion - ✔✔process of producing a substance within an organ and
discharging it
absorption - ✔✔process by which nutrient molecules pass through the wall
of the digestive system into the blood
elimination - ✔✔process of passing undigested material out of the anus
defecation - ✔✔elimination of fecal waste through the anus
duodenum - ✔✔first portion of the small intestine which receives secretions
from the gallbladder and pancreas
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