Exam 18: Digestive System

Mumps is a viral infection of which salivary gland?

Which bonelike material makes up the portion of the tooth exposed in the mouth?

Digestion and metabolism occur only in the digestive system, whereas absorption occurs in every cell in the body.

The upper right border of the stomach is known as the greater curvature.

Digestion is necessary only because the food molecules cannot be absorbed as ingested.

Products from the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas empty into the duodenum of the small intestine.

A pylorospasm, a fairly common condition in infants, can prevent food from leaving the stomach and moving into the small intestine.

Carbohydrate digestion begins in the stomach.

Which structure prevents food and liquid from entering the nasal cavities when a person swallows?

Describe the large intestine. What things are absorbed in the large intestine?

Explain why a person on long-term antibiotic therapy might develop blood-clotting problems.

Which duct drains bile from the gallbladder?

Absorbs water, salts, and some vitamins

Microvilli, villi, and lacteals assist in the absorptive function of the small intestine.

Mumps is a viral infection of the submandibular salivary gland.

The vermiform appendix was named as such because it looks like a worm.

Part of the large intestine that joins the transverse and descending colon

In the abdominal cavity, the submucosa is composed of the visceral peritoneum.

Covers the neck and root regions of the tooth

Pyloric stenosis is