Exam 16: The Digestive System
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-Which number in the figure represents the pyloric sphincter?
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-Which number in the figure represents a contraction of the thick-muscled antrum?
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What are the three segments of the small intestine called?
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List the benefits of the beneficial bacteria in the large intestine.
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Special hair-like projections on the luminal surface of the small intestine epithelial cells,the microvilli,form the __________.
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Saliva begins digestion of dietary starches through action of the enzyme:
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The two substances absorbed by the stomach are alcohol and aspirin.
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-Which number in the figure represents retropulsion of chyme?
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__________ displaces some bile salts and lodges at the surface of the fat droplets,where it binds to lipase,thus anchoring this enzyme to its site of action amid the bile-salt coating.
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The upper esophageal sphincter is the pharyngoesophageal sphincter,and the lower esophageal sphincter is the gastroesophageal sphincter.
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Bile salts aid protein digestion through their detergent action and facilitate protein absorption by participating in the formation of micelles.
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In polypeptides,what type of bond holds amino acids together?
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The disaccharidases located in the brush border membrane of the small intestine cells further reduce disaccharides and polysaccharides into the absorbable monosaccharide units of glucose,galactose,and fructose.
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