Exam 14: The Digestive System

What is the primary absorptive organ of the digestive system?

Indicate the stimulus for the item in question by using the answer code (options may be used more than once or not at all): -directly inhibits secretion of gastrin

Indicate which hormone(s) is being described by using the answer code (options may be used more than once or not at all): -stimulate(s)gallbladder contraction

In general,sympathetic stimulation is excitatory to digestive activity.

Which enzyme breaks down table sugar?

Indicate which digestive secretion is being described in each question by writing the appropriate letter using the answer code (options may be used more than once or not at all): -forms micelles to aid fat absorption

Swallowing propels a bolus of food from the mouth through the pharynx and esophagus into the stomach via a complex,sequential,multiple-response reflex.

Indicate the stimulus for the item in question by using the answer code (options may be used more than once or not at all): -stimulates secretion of CCK

The main sympathetic nerve supply to the digestive tract is the vagus.

What does bile act on?

Indicate which hormone(s) is being described by using the answer code (options may be used more than once or not at all): -stimulated primarily by the presence of protein

Match the hormone with the action by using the answer code: -stimulates insulin secretion

Gastric mixing takes place primarily in the antrum of the stomach.

Which statement is INCORRECT about the pancreas?

Match the hormone with the action by using the answer code: -induces bicarbonate secretion

What does the pyloric gland area of the stomach antrum secrete?

The parotid glands are one of three pairs of ____________________ glands.

____________________ is the ability of smooth muscle to maintain constant tension over a wide range of lengths.

Indicate which item in the top column best describes the item in the bottom column by using the answer code: -aminopeptidase

The rate of gastric emptying is influenced by factors both in the stomach and in the duodenum.