digestive system

What is the name of the tube that runs through the body related to the digestive system?

• esophagus
• alimentary canal
• pharynx
• ascending canal

What process in digestion is regulated by the thyroid?

• metabolism
• digestion
• ingestion
• defecation

Bile is produced by the

• gallbladder
• liver
• stomach
• pancreas

Another name for the buccal  cavity is the

• digestive cavity
• cranial cavity
• tympanic cavity
• oral cavity

All are functions of the digestive system except

• bringing oxygen to the body
• absorption of nutrients
• breakdown of food
• elimination of waste

Rhythmic muscular contractions that propel food through the digestive tract is called

• peristalsis
• peridialysis
• perimeter
• perineal

Deglutition is another name for

• digestion
• ingestion
• swallowing
• defecation

Gas is produced when we swallow air another name for gas in the digestive tract is

• defecation
• deglutition
• bolus
• flatulence

There are __________types of Inflammatory bowel disease.

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

A __________is a sore or lesion that forms in the mucosal lining of the stomach

• duodenal ulcer
• gastric ulcer
• decubitus ulcer
• gastritis