Exam 38: Upper Digestive Tract

Dental caries is another name for tooth decay.

The substance that forms the outer covering of the neck and root of a tooth is:

Food enters the oropharynx by passing through the fauces.

The function of the digestive system is to alter the chemical and physical composition of food so that it can be absorbed and used by body cells.

The lumen of the gastrointestinal tract is considered to be outside the body.

In the average adult, when full, the stomach can hold as much as 3.5 liters of food.

The chief cells, located in the stomach, secrete hydrochloric acid and are thought to produce intrinsic factor.

A hiatal hernia is a condition that permits movement of the stomach upward through a weakened area of the diaphragm.

The flap of tissue suspended from the midpoint of the posterior border of the soft palate is the:

Match each of the following structures with its corresponding description or location. -the enlarged portion of the stomach that lies above the entrance of the esophagus

Most of the stomach lies to the left of the midline, below the diaphragm, and in the abdominal cavity.

The group of blood vessels running through the submucosal layer is called the Meissner plexus.

Match each of the following structures with its corresponding location or description. -Mixed salivary gland that is drained by Wharton ducts

The extrinsic tongue muscles differ from the intrinsic tongue muscles in that the _____ outside the tongue.

Match each of the following structures with its corresponding description or location. -structure through which food passes after it exits the fauces

The neck is the exposed portion of the tooth.

A hiatal hernia is caused by a weakening of the wall of the large intestine.

What two structures are joined by the cardiac sphincter?

The more common term for deglutition is:

The lesser curvature is located on the upper right border of the stomach.