The Digestive System
Gross
Anatomy
Histology
Function
Secretions
Digestion
and
Absorption
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FINAL ROUND
Gross Anatomy:
$100 Question
Out of a normal adult's 32 teeth, this many
are molars:
a. 2
b. 4
c. 8
d.12
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Gross Anatomy:
$100 Answer
Out of a normal adult's 32 teeth, this many
are molars:
a. 2
b. 4
c. 8
d.12
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Gross Anatomy:
$200 Question
These bands of longitudinal smooth
muscle run the length of the colon:
a. haustra
b. epiploic appendages
c. intestinal glands
d. teniae coli
e. vermiform appendixes
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Gross Anatomy:
$200 Answer
These bands of longitudinal smooth
muscle run the length of the colon:
a. haustra
b. epiploic appendages
c. intestinal glands
d. teniae coli
e. vermiform appendixes
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Gross Anatomy:
$300 Question
This is the largest pair of salivary glands,
which produce mostly watery saliva:
a. laryngeal glands
b. parotid glands
c. pharyngeal glands
d. sublingual glands
e. submandibular glands
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Gross Anatomy:
$300 Answer
This is the largest pair of salivary glands,
which produce mostly watery saliva:
a. laryngeal glands
b. parotid glands
c. pharyngeal glands
d. sublingual glands
e. submandibular glands
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Gross Anatomy:
$400 Question
Given these structures:
1. ascending colon
2. descending colon
3. sigmoid colon
4. transverse colon
Choose the arrangement that lists the structures
in the order that food encounters them as it
passes between the small intestine and the
rectum.
a. 1,2,3,4
c. 2,3,1,4
b. 1,4,2,3
d. 2,4,1,3
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Gross Anatomy:
$400 Answer
Given these structures:
1. ascending colon
2. descending colon
3. sigmoid colon
4. transverse colon
Choose the arrangement that lists the structures
in the order that food encounters them as it
passes between the small intestine and the
rectum.
a. 1,2,3,4
c. 2,3,1,4
b. 1,4,2,3
d. 2,4,1,3
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Gross Anatomy:
$500 Question
This best describes the major duodenal
papilla:
a. a location for nutrient absorption in
the duodenum
b. the opening for the accessory
pancreatic duct in the duodenum
c. a large collection of villi in the jejunum
d. the opening of the hepatopancreatic
ANSWER
ampulla in the duodenum
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Gross Anatomy:
$500 Answer
This best describes the major duodenal papilla:
a. a location for nutrient absorption in
the duodenum
b. the opening for the accessory
pancreatic duct in the duodenum
c. a large collection of villi in the jejunum
d. the opening of the hepatopancreatic
ampulla in the duodenum
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Histology:
$100 Question
This layer of the digestive tract is in direct
contact with the food that is consumed:
a. mucosa
b. muscularis
c. serosa
d. submucosa
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Histology:
$100 Answer
This layer of the digestive tract is in direct
contact with the food that is consumed:
a. mucosa
b. muscularis
c. serosa
d. submucosa
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Histology:
$200 Question
This thick connective tissue layer of the
digestive tract contains blood vessels,
small glands, and a nerve plexus:
a. mucosa layer
b. submucosa layer
c. muscularis layer
d. serosa (adventitia) layer
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Histology:
$200 Answer
This thick connective tissue layer of the
digestive tract contains blood vessels,
small glands, and a nerve plexus:
a. mucosa layer
b. submucosa layer
c. muscularis layer
d. serosa (adventitia) layer
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Histology:
$300 Question
This kind of epithelium lines the mouth,
oropharynx, esophagus and anal canal:
a. simple squamous
b. stratified squamous
c. simple columnar
d. pseudostratified columnar
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Histology:
$300 Answer
This kind of epithelium lines the mouth,
oropharynx, esophagus and anal canal:
a. simple squamous
b. stratified squamous
c. simple columnar
d. pseudostratified columnar
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Histology:
$400 Question
These lymphatic capillaries are found in
the villi of the small intestine:
a. lacteals
b. Peyer's patches
c. Crypts of Lieberkuhn
d. microvilli
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Histology:
$400 Answer
These lymphatic capillaries are found in
the villi of the small intestine:
a. lacteals
b. Peyer's patches
c. Crypts of Lieberkuhn
d. microvilli
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Histology:
$500 Question
This region of the large intestine has
simple columnar epithelium in its tunica
mucosa, smooth muscle in its tunica
muscularis, and epiploic appendages
attached to its outer surface:
a. cecum
b. colon
c. rectum
ANSWER
d. anal canal
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Histology:
$500 Answer
This region of the large intestine has
simple columnar epithelium in its tunica
mucosa, smooth muscle in its tunica
muscularis, and epiploic appendages
attached to its outer surface:
a. cecum
b. colon
c. rectum
d. anal canal
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Function:
$100 Question
These muscular contractions move
material through the digestive tract:
a. peristalsis
b. deglutition
c. mass movements
d. segmental contractions
ANSWER
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Function:
$100 Answer
These muscular contractions move
material through the digestive tract:
a. peristalsis
b. deglutition
c. mass movements
d. segmental contractions
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Function:
$200 Question
These muscles are all involved in
mastication except:
a. masseter
b. temporalis
c. orbicularis oris
d. medial pterygoid
e. lateral pterygoid
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Function:
$200 Answer
These muscles are all involved in
mastication except:
a. masseter
b. temporalis
c. orbicularis oris
d. medial pterygoid
e. lateral pterygoid
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Function:
$300 Question
This best describes the function of bile:
a. is an important enzyme for the
digestion of fats
b. is made by the gallbladder
c. contains breakdown products from
hemoglobin
d. emulsifies fats
e. both c and d
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Function:
$300 Answer
This best describes the function of bile:
a. is an important enzyme for the
digestion of fats
b. is made by the gallbladder
c. contains breakdown products from
hemoglobin
d. emulsifies fats
e. both c and d
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Function:
$400 Question
This statement best describes defecation:
a. can be initiated by stretch of the
rectum
b. can occur as a result of mass
movements
c. involves local reflexes
d. involves parasympathetic reflexes
mediated by the spinal cord ANSWER
e. all of the above
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Function:
$400 Answer
This statement best describes defecation:
a. can be initiated by stretch of the
rectum
b. can occur as a result of mass
movements
c. involves local reflexes
d. involves parasympathetic reflexes
mediated by the spinal cord
e. all of the above
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Function:
$500 Question
This occurs during deglutition (swallowing),
a. movement of food results primarily
from gravity
b. the swallowing center in the
medulla oblongata is activated
c. food is pushed into the oropharynx
during the pharyngeal phase
d. the soft palate closes off the
opening into the larynx
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Function:
$500 Answer
This occurs during deglutition (swallowing),
a. movement of food results primarily
from gravity
b. the swallowing center in the
medulla oblongata is activated
c. food is pushed into the oropharynx
during the pharyngeal phase
d. the soft palate closes off the
opening into the larynx
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Secretions:
$100 Question
This secretion lubricates the food so it
moves easily through the digestive tract
and also protects the epithelium:
a. mucus
b. water
c. enzymes
d. hormones
ANSWER
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Secretions:
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This secretion lubricates the food so it
moves easily through the digestive tract
and also protects the epithelium:
a. mucus
b. water
c. enzymes
d. hormones
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Secretions:
$200 Question
Saliva contains the digestive enzyme
________________, which breaks down
starch into ________________.
a. amylase; glucose
b. pepsin; maltose
c. amylase, maltose
d. maltase, glucose
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Secretions:
$200 Answer
Saliva contains the digestive enzyme
________________, which breaks down
starch into ________________.
a. amylase; glucose
b. pepsin; maltose
c. amylase, maltose
d. maltase, glucose
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Secretions:
$300 Question
These cells in the gastric glands produce
pepsinogen:
a. endocrine cells
b. mucous neck cells
c. chief or zymogenic cells
d. parietal or oxyntic cells
ANSWER
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Secretions:
$300 Answer
These cells in the gastric glands produce
pepsinogen:
a. endocrine cells
b. mucous neck cells
c. chief or zymogenic cells
d. parietal or oxyntic cells
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Secretions:
$400 Question
This is one of the major functions of bile
salts:
a. break down fat to fatty acids and
glycerol
b. emulsify fat to fatty droplets
c. break down fat to cholesterol and
lecithin
d. emulsify fats to bilirubin
ANSWER
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Secretions:
$400 Answer
This is one of the major functions of bile
salts:
a. break down fat to fatty acids and
glycerol
b. emulsify fat to fatty droplets
c. break down fat to cholesterol and
lecithin
d. emulsify fats to bilirubin
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Secretions:
$500 Question
This is the major part of the aqueous
component of pancreatic juice:
a. mucus
b. trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen,
and procarboxypeptidase
c. secretin
d. bicarbonate ions
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Secretions:
$500 Answer
This is the major part of the aqueous
component of pancreatic juice:
a. mucus
b. trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen,
and procarboxypeptidase
c. secretin
d. bicarbonate ions
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Digestion and Absorption:
$100 Question
This major transport lipoprotein is
composed of 92% lipid and 8% protein:
a. Chylomicron
b. HDL (high-density lipoprotein)
c. LDL (low-density lipoprotein)
d. VLDL (very low-density lipoprotein)
ANSWER
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Digestion and Absorption:
$100 Answer
This major transport lipoprotein is
composed of 92% lipid and 8% protein:
a. Chylomicron
b. HDL (high-density lipoprotein)
c. LDL (low-density lipoprotein)
d. VLDL (very low-density lipoprotein)
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Digestion and Absorption:
$200 Question
Once chylomicrons leave the simple
columnar epithelium of the small intestine,
they diffuse into this:
a. capillaries
b. lacteals
c. arterioles
d. venules
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Digestion and Absorption:
$200 Answer
Once chylomicrons leave the simple
columnar epithelium of the small intestine,
they diffuse into this:
a. capillaries
b. lacteals
c. arterioles
d. venules
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Digestion and Absorption:
$300 Question
All of these are enzymes digest protein
except:
a. lipase
b. carboxypeptidase
c. chymotrypsin
d. pepsin
e. trypsin
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Digestion and Absorption:
$300 Answer
All of these are enzymes digest protein
except:
a. lipase
b. carboxypeptidase
c. chymotrypsin
d. pepsin
e. trypsin
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Digestion and Absorption:
$400 Question
This best describes micelles:
a. lipids surrounded by bile salts
b. produced by the pancreas
c. released into lacteals
d. stored in the gallbladder
e. reabsorbed in the colon
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Digestion and Absorption:
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This best describes micelles:
a. lipids surrounded by bile salts
b. produced by the pancreas
c. released into lacteals
d. stored in the gallbladder
e. reabsorbed in the colon
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Digestion and Absorption:
$500 Question
After eating or drinking dairy products like
cheese and milk, you have intestinal
cramps, bloating and diarrhea. You most
likely have this:
a. lactose intolerance
b. diabetes mellitus, Type I
c. heartburn
d. peritonitis
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Digestion and Absorption:
$500 Answer
After eating or drinking dairy products like
cheese and milk, you have intestinal
cramps, bloating and diarrhea. You most
likely have this:
a. lactose intolerance
b. diabetes mellitus, Type I
c. heartburn
d. peritonitis
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FINAL ROUND Question
These symptoms would appear in a
person with a blocked common bile duct
except:
a. jaundice
b. clay colored stools
c. abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting
d. lack of normal clotting function
e. constipation
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FINAL ROUND Answer
These symptoms would appear in a
person with a blocked common bile duct
except:
a. jaundice
b. clay colored stools
c. abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting
d. lack of normal clotting function
e. constipation
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