Exam 18: The Digestive System

Match each disease or condition with its corresponding definition or description. -an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal space

What is the name of the infection of the parotid salivary gland?

Protein digestion begins in the stomach but is completed in the small intestine.

Describe the pancreas and explain its role in digestion.

Trypsin would be considered a protease.

People who are lactose intolerant (unable to digest lactose)are treated by ingesting an enzyme before a meal containing dairy food.Which enzyme are they given?

Bacteria in the large intestine make vitamin B?? for the body.

Products from the liver,gallbladder,and pancreas empty into the duodenum of the small intestine.

The stomach is covered by the visceral peritoneum.

Peritonitis is an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal space.

Rapid weight loss greatly reduces the risk of gallstones.

The pancreas is both an exocrine and an endocrine gland.

Most of the shell of the tooth is made of dentin.

What is an ulcer? List some possible causes of ulcers and explain what is meant by triple therapy.

Fully explain the process of fat digestion.Include the substances used,where they are produced,where they function,and the end products formed.How is bile different from the other substances used in the digestion of foods?

The effect of cholecystokinin is to

By the age of 2,most children have 20 teeth,their full set of baby teeth.

Describe the small intestine.What structures in the small intestine assist in its function of absorption?

Materials moving through the large intestine will pass through the splenic flexure before they pass through the hepatic flexure.

The stomach is divided into three parts: the body,the fundus,and the pylorus.