Digestive System Test Questions With Complete Verified Solutions.
What are the accessory organs of the alimentary canal? - Answer teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, gall bladder, pancreas Teeth - Answer grinds food (mastication) Tongue - Answer creates bolus from chewed food and saliva Salivary glands - Answer secretes saliva -dissolves food molecules for taste -contains starch digesting enzymes to begin digestion of carbs three glands -parotid, submandibular gland, sublingual gland Liver - Answer Produce and secrete bile to break fats down, detoxifies blood (drugs, hormones, ammonia, chemicals) (excrete bile, phagocytosis, molecular alteration), regulates blood glucose levels, produced plasma protein albumin and globulin Gall Bladder - Answer stores bile as liver makes it so its immediately available to breakdown fats Pancreas - Answer Secretes pancreatic juice for digestion 3 enzymes -amylase (starches) -trypsin (protein) -lipase (triglycerides) (need these 3 to finish chemical digestion
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