Exam 24: The Digestive System

Which structure of the peritoneum is the only one to attach to the anterior body wall?

Deglutition occurs in the pharynx when _____ muscles contract.

What is the structure the arrow is pointing to?

Which dome-shaped region of the stomach is located under the diaphragm?

The bonelike substance that attaches the root of a tooth to the periodontal ligament is _____.

The layer of areolar connective tissue underlying the epithelium of the mucosa of the GI tract is called the _____.

Liver cells called _____ produce bile.

Contraction of which of the following aid in defecation? 1) external anal sphincter 2) circular colon muscles 3 longitudinal rectal muscles 4) internal anal sphincter 5) diaphragm 6) abdominal muscles

The salivary glands whose ducts open on either side of the lingual frenulum are the:

The opening of the accessory pancreatic duct (duct of Santorini) into the duodenum is inferior to the opening of the hepatopancreatic ampulla (ampulla of Vater).

The esophagus lies anterior to the trachea.

Which region of the GI track receives a bolus from oral cavity and passes it into the esophagus?

The tongue is attached to the floor of the oral cavity by a fold of mucous membrane called the labial frenulum.

Substances secreted from the pancreas gives pancreatic juice a slightly alkaline pH which buffers the acids in the chyme.

Which of the following does NOT drive the contents of the colon into the rectum?

Describe the route traveled by chyme from the time it leaves the ileum until it is expelled as feces from the body. As you mention the regions of the large intestine, state which are retroperitoneal.

During fetal development, which structure develops from the foregut?

Which of the following is an intrinsic muscle of the tongue?

The structure attached to the soft palate that helps close off the nasopharynx during swallowing is the _____.

The parietal peritoneum lines the outside of the organs in the abdominopelvic cavity.