Digestive System A&P Exam Questions
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What are the parts of the digestive system? - ✔✔mouth, esophagus,
stomach, small intestine, large intestine, accessory organs
What are the functions of the digestive system? - ✔✔- physical and
chemical digestion
- absorption
- elimination of undigestible components
- regulation of energy balance
- interface
What is a digestive enzyme? - ✔✔break down chemical bonds found in
nutrients giving individual nutrients for absorption
What are the important accessory organs? - ✔✔liver - important in
"assimilation"
pancreas - digestive --> enzymes that break down
teeth - helps w/ mechanical breakdown
salivary glands - helps create the "bolus"
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, Mouth - ✔✔teeth (break particles) receptors for temperature and
form/texture, salivary glands --> enzymes, (digestion)taste buds
esophagus - ✔✔mucous
stomach - ✔✔chemical digestion, differentiates between ruminants and
non-ruminants
small intestine - ✔✔chemical digestion & absorption of nutrients
large intestine - ✔✔fermentation of CHO and proteins
accessory organs - ✔✔teeth, salivary glands, the liver synthesizes bile
(stored in the gall bladder), & pancreas
Steps of the process of nutrition - ✔✔1. procurement - seeking of food
(eyes, nose, ears)
2. ingestion - takes the feed into their mouth/stomach
3. digestion - hydrochloric acid starts chemical digestion in the stomach
followed by gastric lipase and pepsin + some digestion happens in the
small intestine; process of breaking down large polymers into individual
nutrients
4. absorption - nutrients are moved into the inside of the animal's body
5. assimilation - nutrients are activated into metabolites
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©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
and Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+
What are the parts of the digestive system? - ✔✔mouth, esophagus,
stomach, small intestine, large intestine, accessory organs
What are the functions of the digestive system? - ✔✔- physical and
chemical digestion
- absorption
- elimination of undigestible components
- regulation of energy balance
- interface
What is a digestive enzyme? - ✔✔break down chemical bonds found in
nutrients giving individual nutrients for absorption
What are the important accessory organs? - ✔✔liver - important in
"assimilation"
pancreas - digestive --> enzymes that break down
teeth - helps w/ mechanical breakdown
salivary glands - helps create the "bolus"
1
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
, Mouth - ✔✔teeth (break particles) receptors for temperature and
form/texture, salivary glands --> enzymes, (digestion)taste buds
esophagus - ✔✔mucous
stomach - ✔✔chemical digestion, differentiates between ruminants and
non-ruminants
small intestine - ✔✔chemical digestion & absorption of nutrients
large intestine - ✔✔fermentation of CHO and proteins
accessory organs - ✔✔teeth, salivary glands, the liver synthesizes bile
(stored in the gall bladder), & pancreas
Steps of the process of nutrition - ✔✔1. procurement - seeking of food
(eyes, nose, ears)
2. ingestion - takes the feed into their mouth/stomach
3. digestion - hydrochloric acid starts chemical digestion in the stomach
followed by gastric lipase and pepsin + some digestion happens in the
small intestine; process of breaking down large polymers into individual
nutrients
4. absorption - nutrients are moved into the inside of the animal's body
5. assimilation - nutrients are activated into metabolites
2
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
