DIGESTIVE | FROM QUESTION TO PERFECTION| STUDY
WITH CONFIDENCE!
Course Code:
Course Title:
Programme:
Academic Year: 2026/2027.
Duration: 2 Hours.
Total Marks: 100.
Candidate Instructions:
1) Write your Registration Number on every answer booklet used.
2) Answer ALL questions in Section A and ANY TWO (2) questions in Section B.
3) Read each question carefully before answering.
4) Begin each question on a new page.
5) The marks for each question are indicated in brackets.
6) This paper consists of several printed pages, including this page.
7) Ensure your copy is complete before the examination begins.
8) Unauthorized materials and communication with other candidates are not permitted.
Turn Over.
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
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, Accessory organs Answer: Salivary glands
Liver
Gallbladder
Pancreas
Chyme Answer: Mixture of food + secretions
What happens to products of digestion Answer: They are absorbed from epithelium into the
interstitial fluid and are distributed throughout the body through the blood and lymph
Different modifications of the GI walls Answer: Rugae
Villi
Gastric glands, crypts, submucosal glands
Mucosa Answer: Deepest layer of the GI tract wall
- mucosal epithelium
- lamina propria
- muscularis mucosae
Submucosa Answer: Middle layer of the GI tract wall
- connective tissue
- submucosa plexus of enteric nervous system
Muscularis externa Answer: Outer layer of the GI tract wall
- 2 layers of smooth muscle
- myenteric plexus of the enteric nervous system
Serosa Answer: Outermost covering of the GI tract wall
- continuation of peritoneal membrane
4 functions of the digestive system Answer: Digestion
Absorption
Secretion
Motility
Digestion Answer: Chemical + mechanical breakdown of food into absorbable units
Absorption Answer: Movement of material from GI lumen to ECF
Secretion Answer: Movement of material from cells into lumen or ECF
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
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WITH CONFIDENCE!
Course Code:
Course Title:
Programme:
Academic Year: 2026/2027.
Duration: 2 Hours.
Total Marks: 100.
Candidate Instructions:
1) Write your Registration Number on every answer booklet used.
2) Answer ALL questions in Section A and ANY TWO (2) questions in Section B.
3) Read each question carefully before answering.
4) Begin each question on a new page.
5) The marks for each question are indicated in brackets.
6) This paper consists of several printed pages, including this page.
7) Ensure your copy is complete before the examination begins.
8) Unauthorized materials and communication with other candidates are not permitted.
Turn Over.
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
1
, Accessory organs Answer: Salivary glands
Liver
Gallbladder
Pancreas
Chyme Answer: Mixture of food + secretions
What happens to products of digestion Answer: They are absorbed from epithelium into the
interstitial fluid and are distributed throughout the body through the blood and lymph
Different modifications of the GI walls Answer: Rugae
Villi
Gastric glands, crypts, submucosal glands
Mucosa Answer: Deepest layer of the GI tract wall
- mucosal epithelium
- lamina propria
- muscularis mucosae
Submucosa Answer: Middle layer of the GI tract wall
- connective tissue
- submucosa plexus of enteric nervous system
Muscularis externa Answer: Outer layer of the GI tract wall
- 2 layers of smooth muscle
- myenteric plexus of the enteric nervous system
Serosa Answer: Outermost covering of the GI tract wall
- continuation of peritoneal membrane
4 functions of the digestive system Answer: Digestion
Absorption
Secretion
Motility
Digestion Answer: Chemical + mechanical breakdown of food into absorbable units
Absorption Answer: Movement of material from GI lumen to ECF
Secretion Answer: Movement of material from cells into lumen or ECF
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
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