Gastrointestinal Tract Quiz

Alimentary canal

It is a long muscular tube lined with epithelial tissue, passing through the body (esophagus to anus) closed by a sphincter of skeletal muscles at each end

They are organs that aids the process of digestion by physical manipulation or secretion of substances into the GI tract

<p>Teeth, salivary glands, pancreas and liver</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Digestion( mechanical and chemical breakdown of food). Motility ( movement along the GI tract). Secretion (release of substance like enzymes, bicarbonate, water, ions, mucus by salivary glands or GI epithelial cells or hepatocytes). Absorption (active or passive transfer of substances from lumen to ECF)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cephalic phase, gastric phase, intestinal phase</p> Signup and view all the answers