The lining of the GI tract is called the mucosa. True False

Q: Food passes through the lumen of all of the following EXCEPT for which of the following? Olarge…

A: The digestive system is the organ system in the body that helps us to digest food and provides us…

Q: Enzymatic digestion of carbohydrates starts in the mouth.  True  False

A: Enzymatic digestion is generally referred to as the act of breaking down ingested food materials,…

Q: The principal structure of the digestive system is an irregular tube, open at both ends, that is…

A: The digestive system refers to the organ system in the body that is responsible for the conversion…

Q: Describe the organs of the GI tract including the four accessory organs

A: Answer: Introduction: The role of the digestive system in human body is 'breakdown down of foods,…

Q: During the cephalic phase of gastric secretion.? secretin hormone inhibits parietal and chief cells.…

A: The digestive system is made up of the gastrointestinal tract and accessory organs. Digestion is the…

Q: The terminal/last portion of the small intestine is known as the:       jejunum     cardiac…

A: The small intestine is a part of the gastrointestinal tract where the absorption of nutrients and…

Q: Is the stomach cell part of the upper or lower GI tract? What is its primary function in digestion…

A: GI tract is the gastrointestinal tract that extends from mouth to anus. It mainly consists of…

Q: The root of a tooth is covered with a calcified tissue called _____.

A: A tooth is a hard, calcified resistant structure found in the jaws of the vertebrates in the mouth…

Q: eneath that layer, there is the which is a semi-dense connective tissue that has a lot of and nerve…

A: The alimentary canal or gastrointestinal tract is a long muscular tube that extends from the mouth…

Q: True or false  The small intestine has a very large surface area

A: Digestion is the process of breakdown of large insoluble food molecules into small water-soluble…

Q: Compare and contrast the four tunics in the GI tract wall

A: The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract) is the twisted, hollow pathway formed by the organs of the…

Q: small intestine has several structures like: plica circularis ,villi microvilli intestinal crypts…

A: Small intestine is a part of alimentary canal whose main function is digestion and absorption of…

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A: The digestive tract begins from the buccal cavity with the ingestion of food. The food in the…

Q: What layer of the alimentary canal tissue can help protect the body against disease, and through…

A: Epithelium, lamina propria, muscularis, and serosa are the four tissue layers that border the…

Q: Which of the following could lead to damage of the esophagus?   Question 43 options:   Dysfunction…

A: 43. Deglutition refers to the act of swallowing, which is an important process of digestion. It…

Q: Histological description of the major organs of digestion and its coats or layers. Explain in a long…

A: The digestive system consists of the parts of the body including GI tract, the liver, pancreas, and…

Q: Bile exits the gallbladder in the hepatic duct common bile duct cystic duct hepatopancreatic duct

A: A tiny organ beneath the liver called  gallbladder is essential to the functioning of the digestive…

Q: which layer of the alimentary canal is modified to form sphincters? Inner circular muscularis layer,…

A: The alimentary canal is a long structure that is walled with muscular layers. The wall is made of…

Q: True or False Segmentation-contraction is the process of moving digested food in the distal part of…

A: Digestion is the process of breaking down food particles to its components. The food particles are…

Q: An infant is brought in with the following symptoms: severe vomiting, baby colic, failure to thrive,…

A: Usually, vomiting is induced by gastroenteritis due to a virus and affects no long-lasting or…

Q: function of the digestion system (simple and easy)

A: The digestive system plays a major role in breaking down the food into small particles or…

Q: True or false:  fat molecules that have been absorbed from the digestive tract first enter the blood…

A: The digestive system is responsible for breaking down food into nutrients, which the body uses for…

Q: pepsionogen is secreted by the stomach and beomes the enzyme pepsin...pepsin breaks down proteins…

A: Most of the mechanical digestion occurs in the mouth (mastication and chewing) and stomach(grinding…

Q: Once food has entered the pharynx, deglutition will become completely involuntary, and respiration…

A: Swallowing, or deglutition, is a complex reflex mechanism by which food is pushed from the oral…

Q: Digestion of proteins in the stomach and intestines. Absorption of digestion products.

A: Proteins are high molecular-weight polymers of amino acid residues. Proteins serve diverse…

Q: Layers of gallbladder: mucosa(inner layer of epithelium and loose connective tissue) a muscular…

A: Histology is the study of minute structures in the tissues. The organs involved in digestive process…

Q: type of cell (stratified squamous, simple columnar...) of each layer in the alimentary canal and…

A: The digestive system consists of the gastrointestinal tract along with the accessory organs such as…

Q: The typical brown color of feces is due to bacterial breakdown of bile

A: Digestive system in human is the system which help in break down of complex food molecules into…

Q: True or false:  fat molecules that have been absorbed from the digestive tract first enter the blood…

A: The question is asking whether fat molecules, after being absorbed from the digestive tract, first…

Q: Small intestine has maximum absorption in the part that is closest to stomach.

A: The long narrow and coiled part of alimentary system that starts just below the stomach where both…

Q: Bleeding can occur from any part of the GI tract.  Describe a possible cause of bleeding in the…

A: The GI tract is the gastrointestinal tract which comprises the oesophagus, stomach, small…

Q: digestive system encountered by food as it leaves the

A: The chyme is a semi fluid mass produced from the partial mechanical and chemical digestion of bolus.…

Q: Which process is accomplished by the teeth, when food is cut, torn, and crushed into smaller…

A: Digestion is the breakdown of large insoluble food molecules into small water-soluble food molecules…

Q: Which of the following types of movement is responsible for the mixing of food in the GI tract?…

A: Since, you have given more number of questions. Only the first question has been answered. If you…

Q: The alimentary canal has an extensive nervous network called the _____

A: The small intestine is also known as the small bowel. It is an organ of the gastrointestinal tract.…

Q: this organ is the first to receive nutrients absorbed by the digestive tract, with the exception of…

A: Digestion and absorption are two important activities of the digestive process. Digestion of…

Q: The ________ sphincter, or valve, controls food movement from the stomach into the small intestine.

A: The mechanism of digestion refers to the splitting of large, insoluble, and complex food materials…

Q: Major and Accessory Organs of digestive system, put the Locations and Functions in a tabular form

A: Digestive system: It is the process of converting complex food materials to simple and absorbable…

Q: True or false  Most nutrients are absorbed across walls of the stomach

A: Digestion is the process of breakdown of large insoluble food molecules into small water-soluble…

Q: True or false  The oropharynx plays a role in mechanical digestion. The pharynx sends food to the…

A: The digestive system includes mechanical and chemical processes to break down ingested food material…

Q: What gastrointestinal organ is responsible for bile secretion

A: The question asks to determine the gastrointestial organ that is responsible for the secretion of…

Q: On the histological preparation submucosal layer of the small intestine is filled with excretory…

A: Introduction :- The longest part of the gastrointestinal tract, or the lengthy, continuous course…

Q: True or False  The lower esophageal sphincter is seen in Pyloric region?

A: The digestive system is essential for anabolic processes and energy production since it provides raw…

Dissection

Dissection is the process of cutting up the tissue of a dead or live animal or plant, to do anatomical studies and surgical treatments. The purpose of dissection is to learn more about the overall structure of organs and organ systems and thereby understand the physiology of the organism.