NHM 365 Exam 3 (modules 6, 7, and 8)
questions with correct answers
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Gallbladder location - correct answer ✔✔under the liver
gallbladder function - correct answer ✔✔concentrate, store, and excrete bile that's made in the
liver
bile is made of what - correct answer ✔✔cholesterol, bile salts, electrolytes, phospholipids,
bilirubin
biliruben is what - correct answer ✔✔the pigment that is produced with the breakdown of RBC
biliruben is reduced how? - correct answer ✔✔excreted in bile
what else does bile excrete - correct answer ✔✔copper and manganese
bile emulsifies what - correct answer ✔✔fat
how does bile function? - correct answer ✔✔it acts like a detergent to emulsify fat, breaking
them down to large globules into small globules for hydrolyzation and digestion
main stimulus for contraction of the gallbladder is - correct answer ✔✔the release of bile
the release of bile is - correct answer ✔✔CCK cholest....
, Where in the GI tract does CCK become stimulated? - correct answer ✔✔when the food gets to
the SI
CCK signals what - correct answer ✔✔gallbladder-bile
pancreas - digestive enzymes
Biliary tract is also called - correct answer ✔✔the biliary tree
what is the biliary tract? - correct answer ✔✔the system of ducts that connects the liver and
the gall bladder and the SI. There are also ducts connecting to the pancreas.
why are diseases of the gallbladder, pancreas, and liver often interrelated? - correct answer
✔✔because of the connective biliary tree
bile is made where? - correct answer ✔✔in hepatocytes
describe the transfer of bile after leaving the liver - correct answer ✔✔flows from liver ducts
through right and left hepatic ducts.
Those ducts drain into the common hepatic duct that connects to the gallbladder
bile is stored and concentrated where? - correct answer ✔✔gallbladder
describe the transfer of bile after leaving the gallbladder - correct answer ✔✔through the cystic
duct to the common bile duct that empties into the duodenum.
The pancreatic duct does what? - correct answer ✔✔brings juices from the pancreas and the
pancreatic duct and common bile duct converge to empty into the SI by the sphincter of Oddi
questions with correct answers
2025/2026
Gallbladder location - correct answer ✔✔under the liver
gallbladder function - correct answer ✔✔concentrate, store, and excrete bile that's made in the
liver
bile is made of what - correct answer ✔✔cholesterol, bile salts, electrolytes, phospholipids,
bilirubin
biliruben is what - correct answer ✔✔the pigment that is produced with the breakdown of RBC
biliruben is reduced how? - correct answer ✔✔excreted in bile
what else does bile excrete - correct answer ✔✔copper and manganese
bile emulsifies what - correct answer ✔✔fat
how does bile function? - correct answer ✔✔it acts like a detergent to emulsify fat, breaking
them down to large globules into small globules for hydrolyzation and digestion
main stimulus for contraction of the gallbladder is - correct answer ✔✔the release of bile
the release of bile is - correct answer ✔✔CCK cholest....
, Where in the GI tract does CCK become stimulated? - correct answer ✔✔when the food gets to
the SI
CCK signals what - correct answer ✔✔gallbladder-bile
pancreas - digestive enzymes
Biliary tract is also called - correct answer ✔✔the biliary tree
what is the biliary tract? - correct answer ✔✔the system of ducts that connects the liver and
the gall bladder and the SI. There are also ducts connecting to the pancreas.
why are diseases of the gallbladder, pancreas, and liver often interrelated? - correct answer
✔✔because of the connective biliary tree
bile is made where? - correct answer ✔✔in hepatocytes
describe the transfer of bile after leaving the liver - correct answer ✔✔flows from liver ducts
through right and left hepatic ducts.
Those ducts drain into the common hepatic duct that connects to the gallbladder
bile is stored and concentrated where? - correct answer ✔✔gallbladder
describe the transfer of bile after leaving the gallbladder - correct answer ✔✔through the cystic
duct to the common bile duct that empties into the duodenum.
The pancreatic duct does what? - correct answer ✔✔brings juices from the pancreas and the
pancreatic duct and common bile duct converge to empty into the SI by the sphincter of Oddi
