A&P Digestive System

Bicarbonates are useful in the GI tract to neutralize hydrochloric acid.

• True

• False

Hydrochloric acid converts pepsinogen into pepsin.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Amylases are found in saliva and in pancreatic juice.

• True

• False

Bile is released from the gallbladder in to the stomach to aid in the digestive process.

• True

• False

The presence of the villi and microvilli decreases the surface area of the large intestine.

• True

• False

The process of fat emulsification consists of:

• breaking fats into small droplets.

• the secretion of digestive juices for fat digestion.

• chemically breaking down fat molecules.

• absorption of fats.

Pancreatic juice contains all the following substances except:

• bicarbonate ions.

• amylase.

• pepsin.

• lipase.

Bile is secreted by:

• crypts of Lieberkühn.

• Kupffer cells.

• hepatic cells.

• parietal cells.

Which of the following is true about bile?

• It is made in the gallbladder, stored in the liver, and emptied into the jejunum.

• It is made in the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and emptied into the duodenum.

• It is made in the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and emptied into the stomach.

• It is made in the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and emptied into the duodenum.

The chief cells in the stomach secrete:

• digestive enzymes.

• mucus.

• intrinsic factor.

• gastrin.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7