Digestive System

The number of teeth in a full set of baby teeth is

• 16

• 20

• 30

• 32

It is the largest gland in the body.

• skin

• pancreas

• gallbladder

• liver

This bicarbonate-rich (alkaline) juice begins starch digestion in the mouth.

• Amylase

• Peptidase

• Lipase

• Secretin

Bile is formed in the ______.

• liver

• gallbladder

• pancreas

• intestine

This circular muscle is between the stomach and the small intestine.

• Lesser omentum

• Ileocecal valve

• Cardiac sphincter

• Pyloric sphincter

Essential amino acids are _______.

• amino acids needed to make proteins

• amino acids our body makes

• amino acids our body cannot make and that must be in our diet

• all 20 amino acids in our body

The “fuzzy” appearance of microvilli on the membrane of the mucosa cells is sometimes referred to as _____.

• hepatopancreatic ampulla

• brush border

• cilia

• duodenal papilla

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

This gland sits atop each kidney

• Adrenal

• Pancreas

• Renal hilum

• Pineal

This extension of the peritoneum covers the abdominal organs and contains fat and lymphoid follicles.

• Submucosa

• Muscularis externa

• Lesser omentum

• Greater omentum

This is a structural abnormality in which the superior part of the stomach protrudes slightly above the diaphragm.

• Esophagitis

• Gastritis

• Hiatal hernia

• Emesis