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What region of the gastrointestinal tract delivers food to the stomach?
The Esophagus
Pg. 292
True or False. The Esophagus secretes gastric juice containing hydrochloric acid (HCl) and a protein-digesting enzyme, pepsin.
True
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What general region of the gastrointestinal tract is where most of the digestion and absorption of food occurs?
The Small Intestines
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What is the name of the region of the gastrointestinal tract where undigested solids and liquids are passed into where water and electrolytes (ions) are absorbed?
The Large Intestine
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What 2 things regulate gastric activity and the passage of chyme into the small intestine?
Nerves

and

Hormones
Pg. 292
What structures does the “Digestive System” include?
The mouth
Pharynx
Stomach
Small Intestine
and
Large Intestine

As well as the “Accessory Digestive Organs”
Pg. 292
What are the Accessory Digestive Organs of the Digestive System?
The Teeth
Salivary Glands in the mouth
The Liver
Gallbladder
The Pancreas
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What are the tubular portions of the digestive system (the Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine and Large Intestine) often termed?
The Digestive Tract
or
The Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract
or
The Alimentary Canal
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What are the names of the 5 different functions that are performed in the digestive system?
Motility
Secretion
Digestion
Absorption
Excretion
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What is the name of the function that refers to the movement of food through the esophagus to the stomach, the churning of stomach contents, and then the movement of food through the small and large intestine?
Motility
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Why are digestive juices (gastric juice and pancreatic juice) considered exocrine secretions?
Because they enter the lumen (cavity) of the GI tract.
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True or False. The stomach and small intestine do not secrete hormones that help regulate digestive function.
False. The stomach and small intestine also secrete several hormones that regulate digestive function.
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What is the name of the function of the digestive system that refers to the breakdown of food molecules into their smaller subunits?
Digestion
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Where does complete digestion occur?
In the Small Intestines
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What is the name of the function that refers to the transport of the subunit molecules from the lumen of the small intestine into the blood or lymph?
Absorption
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What does the term Absorption primarily refer to?
It primarily refers to the transport of the subunit molecules from the lumen of the small intestine into the blood or lymph.
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True or False. Wastes that remain in the intestinal lumen are considered to be outside of the body.
True. Wastes that remain in the intestinal lumen are outside the body.
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Where can wastes that are not absorbed be temporarily stored until they are excreted as feces?
The Large Intestines
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