Exam 18: The Digestive System

The stomach churns food into a pasty material is called

Which of the following processes is NOT a liver function?

Parasympathetic antagonists would stimulate gastrointestinal motility.

Which is NOT true of conjugated bilirubin?

Inhibiting the actions of the parietal cells would stimulate protein digestion.

_________________ is a disorder in which acidic gastric juice travels up the esophagus.

Which of the following is one of the phases of swallowing?

Stem cells present in the intestinal crypts renew the intestinal epithelium every 4 to 5 days.

Inhibiting hepatic function has no effect onblood clotting.

The combination of chewed food and saliva is called

Which of the following is NOT an effect of gastrin?

What structure keeps food from entering the larynx during swallowing?

The enterohepatic circulation is between the _____ and _____.

Physiological jaundice of the newborn is due to high levels of

__________ is secreted by the ileum and colon and stimulates intestinal secretion of Cl- thereby causing elimination of NaCl and water in the feces.

Very-low-density lipoproteins are produced by the liver.

Fats are digested into fatty acids and glycerol.

The movement of digested food into the blood or lymph is

The arrival of chyme into the duodenum begins the _______ phase of stomach function.

Secretin stimulates chief cells to secrete pepsinogen.