Digestive System

This muscular valve prevents gastric juices from flowing back out of the stomach and into the esophagus

• cecum

• uvula

• cardiac sphincter

• pyloric sphincter

Parotid, submandibular, and sublingual all refer to:

• secretions of the liver

• types of absorbed nutrients

• sections of the small intestine

• salivary glands

The common bile duct delivers bile from the ____ to the _____

• liver, gall bladder

• gall bladder, duodenum

• pancreas, liver

• stomach, duodenum

This membrane holds the coils of the small intestine together:

• mesentery

• greater omentum

• serosa

• intestinal villi

The appendix is attached directly to the:

• cecum

• pancreas

• jejunum

• sigmoid colon

Following the sections of the large intestine, as material passes from the tranverse colon, what section does it enter next?

• ascending

• descending

• sigmoid

• rectum

Bile is responsible for breaking down:

• sugar

• cellulose

• fats

• carbohydrates

The part of the stomach that lies above the esophagus is the:

• pylorus

• fundus

• oblique

• hiatus

The last section of small intestine before it connects to the large intestine is the:

• jejunum

• duodenum

• appendix

• ileum

The cystic duct and the hepatic duct join to form the ____ before entering the duodenum.

• common bile

• pancreatic

• appendicular

• portal duct