Answer Correctly for A&P of Combination of Brain & Digestive System Flashcards

The digestive system processes food, extracts nutrients, and eliminates the residue T or F?

The enteric nervous system regulates much of the digestive activity but it action depends on the central nervous system T or F?

Odor, sight, and taste stimulate salivatory nuclei in the cerebral cortex T or F?

Both chemical and mechanical digestion start in the mouth and continue in the stomach T or F?

Gastric juice consists entirely of water and hydrochloric acid T or F?

Absorption of many nutrients starts in the stomachT or F?

The liver is the body's largest gland T or F?

Both pancreatic juice and bile are secreted into the duodenum T or F?

The small intestine begins with the duodenum which is its longest segment T or F?

The brush borders of intestinal absorptive cells contain numerous goblet cells T or F?

Most fat is digested by pancreatic lipase T or F?

Chylomicrons are secreted from the basal surface of the absorptive cells and taken into the lacteal in the villus T or F?

The large intestine is longer than the small intestine T or F?

? is the physiological process that moves a nutrient from the outside to the inside of the bodyA. ingestionB. compactionC. digestionD. absorptionE. secretion

The serous membranes that suspend the stomach and intestine from the abdominal wall are calledA. mesenteriesB. mucaosaeC. submucosaeD. muscularis mucosaeE. muscularis externa