1.
Bile from liver and gallbladder: What digestive aids enter the duodenum?
2.
bolus: Once food has been swallowed, the food mass is called ____________________.
3.
Cecum
ascending colon
transverse colon
descending colon
sigmoid colon, rectum
anal canal: List the sequence of structures the chyme passes through as it becomes feces.
4.
Chyme: What is the new name for the bolus after it has been mixed with stomach secretions?
5.
Duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum: Name the three parts of the small intestine, from proximal to distal.
6.
epiglottis: Name the structure that prevents food from entering the respiratory system.
7.
Hydrochloric acid: What do stomach cells secrete?
8.
Ingestion
digestion
absorption
elimination of waste: What are the four main functions of the digestive system?
9.
Large intestine: What is the destination of the chyme not absorbed in the small intestine?
10.
Liver and gallbladder: Where do the digestive aids that enter the duodenum originate?
11.
mastication: What is another name for chewing?
12.
Mechanical
chemical: Name the two types of digestion.
13.
peristalsis: What is the term for the involuntary wavelike contractions that propel the bolus to the stomach?
14.
Rectum: Where are the feces stored?
15.
Salts
water: What has been absorbed from the chyme as it passes through the colon?
16.
Small intestine: What is the major site of nutrient absorption?
17.
Soft palate: What prevents food from entering the nasal cavity while swallowing?
18.
Stomach folds
expand stomach: What are rugae? What are their functions?
19.
the mouth: Where does digestion begin?
20.
Through the lumen of the small intestine: How are nutrients absorbed?
