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BIO202 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
(STRAIGHTERLINE A&P II) 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS.
1. What is ingestion? - correct answer - taking food into the mouth
2. What is mastication? - correct answer - chewing food
3. What is propulsion? - correct answer - swallowing and
peristalsis
4. What is mixing? - correct answer - Food mixes with digestive
secretions and is broken up into usable components for the
body
5. What is secretion? - correct answer - Function of the intestine
to break down food
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6. What is Diegestion? - correct answer - Conversion of food to
energy
7. What is absorption - correct answer - Nutrients move out of
digestive tract into circulatory system for bodily distribution
8. What are the digestive organs? - correct answer - oral cavity,
pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine,
rectum, anus
9. What are the digestive accessory organs? - correct answer -
teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, pancreas
10. What does the liver do? - correct answer - It produces bile
which neutralises stomach acid and emulsifies fat
11. What does the gallbladder do? - correct answer - stores and
concentrates bile
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12. What do the pancreas do? - correct answer - Produce and
secrete pancreatic juice
13. What is pancreatic juice? - correct answer - a variety of
enzymes, including:
1. trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen, elastase, carboxypeptidase
(break down proteins),
2. pancreatic lipase (breaks down lipids),
3. nucleases (break down nucleic acids) and
4. amylase (breaks down starches.)
5. bicarbonate ions in the enzyme mix help to raise the pH of
chyme.
14. What is a calorie? - correct answer - the amount of energy
needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree
Celsius
15. What are the nutrient classes? - correct answer - water,
carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins, minerals
16. Function of Water? - correct answer - Serves as a coolant,
Solvent, Aids in Metabolic reactions, Dilutes and Eliminates
Waste, Supports blood volume and pressure
BIO202 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
(STRAIGHTERLINE A&P II) 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS.
1. What is ingestion? - correct answer - taking food into the mouth
2. What is mastication? - correct answer - chewing food
3. What is propulsion? - correct answer - swallowing and
peristalsis
4. What is mixing? - correct answer - Food mixes with digestive
secretions and is broken up into usable components for the
body
5. What is secretion? - correct answer - Function of the intestine
to break down food
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6. What is Diegestion? - correct answer - Conversion of food to
energy
7. What is absorption - correct answer - Nutrients move out of
digestive tract into circulatory system for bodily distribution
8. What are the digestive organs? - correct answer - oral cavity,
pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine,
rectum, anus
9. What are the digestive accessory organs? - correct answer -
teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, pancreas
10. What does the liver do? - correct answer - It produces bile
which neutralises stomach acid and emulsifies fat
11. What does the gallbladder do? - correct answer - stores and
concentrates bile
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12. What do the pancreas do? - correct answer - Produce and
secrete pancreatic juice
13. What is pancreatic juice? - correct answer - a variety of
enzymes, including:
1. trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen, elastase, carboxypeptidase
(break down proteins),
2. pancreatic lipase (breaks down lipids),
3. nucleases (break down nucleic acids) and
4. amylase (breaks down starches.)
5. bicarbonate ions in the enzyme mix help to raise the pH of
chyme.
14. What is a calorie? - correct answer - the amount of energy
needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree
Celsius
15. What are the nutrient classes? - correct answer - water,
carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins, minerals
16. Function of Water? - correct answer - Serves as a coolant,
Solvent, Aids in Metabolic reactions, Dilutes and Eliminates
Waste, Supports blood volume and pressure
