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What accessory organs supply secretions to the digestive tract for digestion

  • Salivary glands
  • Liver
  • Pancreas
  • All of the above (correct)

The digestive tract can be described as

  • A hollow, tube-like structure extending from the mouth to the anus (correct)
  • A filled tube-like structure that extends from the esophagus to the colon
  • A hollow, tube-like structure that extends from the esophagus all the way down to the anus
  • A hollow tube-like structure that extends from the mouth all the way down to the colon

Materials within the lumen of the GI tract are, strictly speaking _________

  • Inside the body
  • Outside the body (correct)
  • Both inside and outside the body
  • Within the fibroserous membrane

Function of the oral cavity in order; _________, __________, _________ __________(add comma after each answer)

<p>Prehension, mastication, chemical digestion</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the mechanical breakdown of food, the process also increases surface area for exposure to digestive enzymes

<p>Mastication (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What provides the enzymes for initial chemicla breakdown of food

<p>Saliva (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What salivary enzyme is present in omnivores

<p>Both A and B (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does amylase break down

<p>Starches (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Degluitition is the act of

<p>Swallowing (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Name the parts of the stomach cranial to caudal, add a comma after each part

<p>Fundus, body, pyloric antrum, pylorus</p> Signup and view all the answers

What inhibits muscle activity of the fundus

<p>Gastrin by the G cells of the antrum (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

This part of the stomach relaxes with swallowing but also contracts to help mix food

<p>Body (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What moves food in the stomach

<p>Peristalsis (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is involved in peristalsis

<p>Both A and C (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the longitudinal muscle layer in the body of the stomach do

<p>Propels food from cardia to antrum (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of the circular muscle layer in the body of the stomach

<p>Mixes and grinds (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where does the circular muscle layer maintain constant tone during stomach contractions

<p>Pylorus (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What maintains constant tone during stomach contractions

<p>Circular muscle layer in the pylorus of the stomach (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What prevents the stomach from pushing contents into duodenum too quickly

<p>Enterogastric reflex (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is inhibited by factors causing distention of the small intestine or increased acidity in the duodenum

<p>Stomach contractions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Stomach contractions can be inhibited by what

<p>Factors causing distension in the small intestines or increased acidity in the duodenum (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does excess stomach acid in the duodenum do

<p>Stimulate release of the hormone secretin from the duodenum (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Produces pepsinogen

<p>Chief cells (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Secretes mucous

<p>Mucus cells (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Secretes hydrochloric acid (HCI)

<p>Parietal cells (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Prehension of food is carried out with

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the mechanical grinding and breakdown of food

<p>Mastication (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Digestive tract functions, for beginning to end

<p>Prehension, mastication, digestion, absorption, elimination (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Saliva provides enzymes for the secondary chemical breakdown of food

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Saliva provides enzymes for initial chemical breakdown of food

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Breaks down lipids

<p>Lipase (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Mastication and saliva work together to _________

<p>Both B and C (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which gastric glands of the GI tract secrete intrinsic factor

<p>Both A and B (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is the secretion/production of intrinsic factor important

<p>Necessary for absorption of vitamin B12 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following can slow gastric emptying by stimulating the release of hormone cholecytoskinin (CKK)

<p>Large amounts of fats or proteins in duodenum (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following decreases contractions of gastric fundus, body and antrum

<p>Both A and C (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following hormones causes the fundus to relax and inhibits peristalsis of gastric body and antrum resulting in slowing of gastric emptying

<p>Secretin (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Transports food from pharynx to stomach

<p>Esophagus (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Movement of a food bolus is a coordinated effort between what muscle layers

<p>Outer longitudinal and inner circular muscle layers (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following moves the food bolus towards the stomach

<p>Relaxation of the longitudinal muscle and contraction of the circular muscles (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The relaxation and contraction of the longitudinal and circular muscle layers is referred to as _________

<p>Peristalsis (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens when the peristaltic wave reaches the lower end of the esophagus

<p>Longitudinal muscles shorten and the circular muscles relax (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The esophagus enters the stomach at an angle to allow the stomach to _______________

<p>Form a natural fold which acts as a valve to close the distal portion of the esophagus (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The salivary gland ducts secrete saliva when they are stimulated by

<p>The parasympathetic nervous system (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Relaxes with swallowing and allows filling

<p>Fundus (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Secretion of gastrin by the G cells of the antrum inhibit muscle activity of the fundus which allows ___________

<p>Both B and C (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What allows relaxation and filling of the fundus and stimulation of mixing activity in the pyloric antrum

<p>Secretion of gastrin by the G cells of the antrum (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Propels food towards pylorus

<p>Both A and B (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Grinding and mixing activity in the pyloric antrum is stimulated by

<p>Both A and B (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When G cells secrete the hormone gastrin, the antrum begins to distend with food, what happens next

<p>The parietal cells are stimulated, releasing HCI (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Pepsin and HCI are secreted into

<p>The lumen of the stomach (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Gastrin is a hormone that is secreted

<p>Into the blood (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What forces liquid food (chyme) through the duodenum

<p>Antral contractions (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Antral contractions force liquid food (chyme) through

<p>to the duodenum first, and solids/semisolids are retained in the stomach (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Helps regulate stomach acid production

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Gastrin secreted by G cells

<p>Stimulates both parietal and chief cells (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Acetylcholine from cholinergic neurons

<p>Stimulates mainly parietal cells (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Histamine secreted by ECL cells

<p>Mainly stimulates parietal cells (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What results in the correct amount of hydrogen and chloride secretion

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Blocking any of the receptors that regulate stomach acid production will not cause a decrease in the production of stomach acid

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Blocking any of the receptors that regulate stomach acid production will cause a decrease in the production of stomach acid

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match to its best description

<p>Contractions of smooth muscle in the walls of the GI tract that crush, mix and propel its contents = Motility Breakdown of food, via mechanical and chemical means, into smaller soluble particles = Digestion Delivery of enzymes, mucus and ions into the lumen of the GI tract = Secretion Transport of water, ions and nutrients from the lumen, across the epithelium and into blood = Absorption</p> Signup and view all the answers

Chemical digestion of proteins

<p>Starts in the stomach (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Digestion of starch by salivary amylase

<p>Occurs in the stomach and is continued in the small intestine by pancreatic amylase (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Prostaglandins, (PGE & PGI) reduce stomach acid by inhibiting gastrin release from chief cells

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Prostaglandins, (PGE & PGI) increase stomach acid by stimulating gastrin release from G cells

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Prostaglandins, (PGE & PGI) reduce stomach acid by inhibiting gastrin release from G cells

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Prostaglandins, (PGE & PGI) do NOT directly inhibit parietal cells

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Prostaglandins, (PGE & PGI) may directly inhibit parietal cells

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Prostaglandins, (PGE & PGI) stimulate potassium ion production

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Prostaglandins, (PGE & PGI) stimulate bicarbonate ion production

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Prostoglandins in the GI

<p>Both A and C (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Prostaglandins, (like PGE & PGI) can enhance blood flow to the liver

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Prostaglandins, (PGE & PGI) can enhance blood flow to the stomach

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Prostaglandins, (PGE & PGI) destabilizes lysosomes w/in gastric cells

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Prostaglandins, (PGE & PGI) stabilize lysosomes w/in gastric cells

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Prostaglandins, (PGE & PGI) stabilize macrophages in gastric cells

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Prostoglandins (like PGE & PGI) regulate parietal and chief cell activity

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Prostaglandins, (PGE & PGI) regulate macrophage and mast cell activity

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Macrophage and mast cell activity in the stomach is regulated by

<p>Both A and C (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The macrophages and mast cells in the stomach serve to

<p>Repair damage done to the epithelial lining caused by breaks in the mucus barrier (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Rumination is described as

<p>The regurgitation of chewed food for rechewing (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Regurgitation of chewed food for rechewing is termed ____________

<p>Rumination (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Increased mechanical breakdown of plant material results in

<p>Both A and C (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What part of the ruminant stomach is the true stomach

<p>Abomasum (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The abomasum is considered the

<p>The true stomach (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The forestomach has

<p>3 compartments (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of epithelium is the forestomach made up of

<p>Stratified squamous epithelium, nonglandular (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the following

<p>Smallest compartment, located cranial to the rumen and lies against the diaphragm on the median plane = Reticulum Takes up most of the left side of the abdominal cavity and extends from diaphragm to pelvis when it gets full = Rumen True stomach = Abomasum On the right side of the abdominal cavity, is reduced in camelids (or absent alltogether) = Omasum</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which is located cranial to the rumen and lies against the diaphragm on the median plane

<p>Reticulum (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Has honey comb appearance

<p>Luminal surface of the reticulum (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The luminal surface of the rumen has a honeycomb appearance and it _____________

<p>Increases surface area of the absorptive surface (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following contracts with the rumen in a coordinated manner

<p>Reticulum (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Primary contractions are termed

<p>Reticulorumen contractions (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Primary contractions (reticulorumen contractions) refer to

<p>The mixing of contents back and forth between the rumen and the reticulum (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Primary contractions serve to

<p>Both A and B (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What allows carbon dioxide and methane gas to be expelled

<p>Eructation (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Fermentative digestion is anaerobic

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Fermentative digestion is aerobic

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Fermentative digestion happens via _____________

<p>Both A and B (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

During fermentative digestion; what do cellulase enzymes do

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is fermentative digestion reliant on

<p>bacteria, protozoa and fungi from the rumen and reticulum (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Cellulose, hemicellulose, and pectin are _________

<p>Complex carbohydrates (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The rumination process involves four steps, what is the first

<p>Regurgitation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

VFAs like proprionic acid are absorbed and converted in the ____________ into _________

<p>Liver, glucose (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

VFAs other than proprionic acid are used to produce _______

<p>Both A and B (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Microbial breakdown of proteins yield peptides and amino acids that are _______________________

<p>Both B and C (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Microbial breakdown of proteins _____

<p>Yields peptides and amino acids (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Ruminant liver converts ammonia to ___________

<p>Urea (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Ruminant liver converts ammonia to area that is secreted into the __________

<p>Both B and C (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The ruminant liver converts ammonia to urea that is secreted into the rumen to _____________

<p>Supply the microbes with nitrogen (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Urea is secreted into the saliva via _________

<p>Bloodstream (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When urea is secreted into the rumen what does it do

<p>Supplies microbes with nitrogen (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When microbes are digested they provide a small fraction of the source of protein for the ruminant

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When microbes are digested they provide the major source of protein for the ruminant

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The rumen provides

<p>Both B and C (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Ingesta moves into the ________ from the _________ in response to ____________________________

<p>omasum, reticulum, reticulorumen contractions (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

_______ __________ are left at the top of the rumen and ________ are pushed into the __________ by primary contractions

<p>Smaller particles, liquid, omasum (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The inner surface of the omasum has ___________

<p>Many folds, like plies or leaves (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the folds (plies or leaves) of the omasum

<p>Increased absorptive surface area (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The inner surface of the omasum has many folds for increased absorption of

<p>Water and salts (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

At birth _________ and ________ are small and essentially ___________ with little to no __________ ___________ occurring while young are on a milk diet

<p>rumen, reticulum, nonfunctional, fermentative digestion (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How long does the development of rumen and reticulum take in calves

<p>3 months depending on the diet fed (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The act of suckling causes milk to bypass the rumen and reticulum via ___________

<p>Both A and B (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What would happen if the reticular groove folds didnt fold in and enter the omasum directly

<p>Both B and C (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens if the rumen pH is decreased

<p>Production of lactic acid that causes acidosis which inhibits normal bacterial growth (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Abomasum in young ruminants secretes the enzyme _______

<p>Rennin (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Rennin

<p>Both A and C (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Milk protein remain in the abomasum for longer due to rennin and are broken down by

<p>Pepsin (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The small intestine is made up of the

<p>Duodenum, jejunum, ileum (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens in the small intestine

<p>Both B and C (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of the large intestine

<p>Fluid and electrolyte reabsorption, storage of feces (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the componetns of the large intestine

<p>Cecum, colon, rectum (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Absorption of intestinal contents and consistency of stool depend partly on

<p>Balance between perisalsis and segmental contractions (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match

<p>Complex reflex response in which feces is evacuated from the terminal colon and rectum = Defecation Voluntary motor impulses to external sphincter muscle are inhibited allowing the external sphincter to relax = During defecation Filters materials absorbed from the GI tract before they reach the systemic circulation = Liver Exocrine and endocrine functions = Pancreas</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match

<p>Enzyme produced in the saliva = Amylase Breakdown proteins into amino acids and dipeptides = Proteases Breaks down some of the protein chains into polypeptides = Gastric pepsin Penetrate bile acid coating and digest the fat molecule = Pancreatic lipases</p> Signup and view all the answers

Trypsinogen is converted to trypsin by the enzyme

<p>Enteropeptidase (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Enteropepcinogen is secreted in response to

<p>CKK secretion (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Pancreatic enzymes are released as inactive precursors (proenzymes), the key precursor and activator is ______ which converts into __________ and activates more trypsinogen as well as ______________________

<p>Trypsinogen, trypsin, other pancreatic enzyme precursors (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Chemical digestion of protein occurs at ___________ by __________ embedded in the cell membrane

<p>brush border, peptidases (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Pancreatic enzymes are released as

<p>Inactive precursors (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match

<p>Stomach breaks globules into droplets via agitation of the antrum = Emulsification Bile salts secreted into the duodenum via the livers bile duct attach to the droplets so they cannot form into globules again = Micelle formation Secretes bicarbonate into the duodenum to neutralize stomach acid = Pancreas Largest organ in the body besides the skin = Liver</p> Signup and view all the answers

___________ is released by ____________, secreted into __________ that merge to form _______ that form the _____________ leading to the _________ where bile is stored

<p>Bile, hepatic cells, bile ductules, ducts, hepatic duct, gallbladder (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Blood proteins are produced in the liver, which of the following is the primary protein

<p>Albumin (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

CKK causes gallbladder contraction, forcing bile into the duodenum

<p>Via the common bile duct (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Release of the hormone cholecytoskinin _____________ intestinal motility and ________ gastric motility

<p>Stimulates, decreases (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Excess stomach acid in the duodenum stimulates the release of homone __________ from the duodenum

<p>Secretin (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

MAATCH

<p>Coordinated contractions of longitudinal and circular muscle layer = Peristalsis Mix intestinal contents; random, localized contractions of circular muscl elayer = Segmental contractions Electrolytes, water, and vitamins can be absorbed intact = Small intestinal digestion Stimulation of stretch receptors in rectum, partial relaxation of internal sphincter of anus = Defecaton</p> Signup and view all the answers

Fermentative digestion is

<p>Anaerobic (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The antrum has gastric glands with mucous cells

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The antrum has gastric glands with mast cells

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Gastric glands in the fundus and body of the stomach

<p>Mucous cells, chief cells and parietal cells (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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