LEVEL 3: Digestive system

1 The main functions of the digestive system are (C) segmentation

(A) ingestion and digestion
(B) propulsion and secretion
(C) absorption and elimination
(D) all of the above
2 The movement of digestion products, electrolytes,
vitamins, and water across the GI tract
epithelium and into the underlying blood and
lymphatic vessels is called
(A) ingestion
(B) absorption
(C) digestion
(D) secretion
3 All of the following are organs of the digestive
system except the
(A) spleen
(B) liver
(C) tongue
(D) esophagus
4 Which selection includes only accessory digestive
organs?
(A) salivary glands, thyroid gland, pancreas, liver
(B) stomach, duodenum, pancreas, gallbladder
(C) gallbladder, liver, pancreas, salivary glands
(D) liver, thyroid gland, gallbladder, spleen
5 Movements in the small intestine that churn the
materials being digested and mix them with
intestinal secretions are called
(A) peristalsis
(B) pendular motility
(C) segmentation
(D) haustral churning
7 Digestive functions of the tongue include
(A) manipulating and mixing ingested materials
during chewing
(B) helping compress partially digested food to
form a bolus
(C) assisting in the swallowing process
(D) all of the above
8 The three pairs of multicellular salivary glands
that secrete into the oral cavity are the
____________ glands.
(A) alpha, beta, and gamma
(B) parotid, submandibular, and sublingual
(C) palatine, lingual, and pharyngeal
(D) serous, mucous, and mixed
9 What is the mineralized matrix, similar to bone
but harder, that forms the primary mass of each
tooth?
(A) enamel
(B) dentin
(C) cementum
(D) pulp
10 Which selection doesnot correctly pair a type of
tooth with its description?
(A) incisors, one or two roots and spoonshaped
(B) canines, one root and conical with a pointed tip
(C) premolars, one or two roots and flat crowns
with cusps
(D) molars, three or more roots and large, broad,
flat crowns

(D) haustral churning 11 Which mesentery covers most of the abdominal

6 Which term describes the wave of muscular organs, extending inferiorly like an apron from

contraction that moves material through the GI the greater curvature of the stomach?

tract toward the anus? (A) mesentery proper

(A) peristalsis (B) lesser omentum

(B) pendular motility (C) greater omentum

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 (D) mesocolon (D) esophageal hiatus
12 From deep to superficial, what are the tunics of 17 Histological features of the esophageal wall
the intraperitoneal portions of the GI tract? include
(A) serosa, muscularis, submucosa, and mucosa (A) a mucosa lined with stratified cuboidal
(B) mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, and serosa epithelium
(C) adventitia, muscularis, submucosa, and (B) submucosal glands that produce a thin,
mucosa watery fluid
(D) mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, and (C) a single layer of skeletal muscle in the
adventitia muscularis
13 In which of the following selections are the GI (D) an outer fibrous layer, the adventitia, with no
tract organs or regions correctly matched with serosa
the type of epithelium that lines them? 18 What are the three phases of the swallowing
(A) Oral cavity and esophagus stratified cuboidal process?
(B) Stomach and small intestine stratified (A) mastication, eruption, and dentition
squamous (B) oral, cranial, and pharyngeal
(C) Cecum, colon, and rectum simple columnar (C) voluntary, pharyngeal, and esophageal
(D) all of the above (D) cardiac, gastric, and pyloric
14 Within the mucous membrane of the GI tract, the 19 Which digestive organ mechanically and
layer of areolar connective tissue is called the chemically transforms a food bolus into chyme?
(A) mucosal lining (A) esophagus
(B) lamina propria (B) stomach
(C) muscularis mucosae (C) small intestine
(D) submucosa (D) large intestine
15 Which tunic of the GI tract typically contains an 20 Which list proceeds from the superior to the
inner circular layer and an outer longitudinal inferior end of the stomach?
layer, with the myenteric nerve plexus in (A) pylorus, fundus, cardia, body
between? (B) cardia, body, fundus, pylorus
(A) muscularis (C) cardia, fundus, body, pylorus
(B) mucosa (D) body, cardia, pylorus, fundus
(C) submucosa 21 The prominent folds of the mucosa that nearly
(D) adventitia disappear when the stomach expands are the
16 The esophagus enters the abdominal cavity (A) Gastric pits
through an opening in the diaphragm, the (B) Rugae
____________, before it connects to the (C) Plicae
stomach. (D) Omenta
(A) diaphragmatic foramen 22 From the superior end downward, the three
(B) thoracic canal segments of the small intestine are the
(C) cardiac orifice (A) ileum, duodenum, and jejunum

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 (B) duodenum, jejunum, and ileum (D) all of the above
(C) jejunum, ileum, and duodenum 27 Production of bile is one of several important
(D) duodenum, ileum, and jejunum functions of the
23 What is the function of the villi in the small (A) gallbladder
intestine? (B) liver
(A) to decrease the amount of exposed surface (C) pancreas
(B) to facilitate enzyme retention and dispersal (D) small intestine
(C) to increase the surface area for absorption and 28 Bile is stored and concentrated in the
secretion (A) gallbladder
(D) to sweep particles across the surface with (B) liver
wavelike actions (C) biliary apparatus
24 Which sequence lists the regions of the large (D) duodenum
intestine in order, from the end of the ileum to 29 Which hormones stimulate the production of
the anus? pancreatic juice and bicarbonate?
(A) cecum, rectum, anal canal, colon (A) angiotensin and epinephrine
(B) colon, rectum, anal canal, cecum (B) gastrin and insulin
(C) cecum, colon, rectum, anal canal (C) cholecystokinin and secretin
(D) colon, cecum, rectum, anal canal (D) insulin and glucagon
25 Arrange the segments of the colon in the 30 Age related changes in the digestive system
sequence through which digested material include which of the following?
passes prior to defecation: (1) sigmoid (2) (A) reduced secretion of mucin, enzymes, and
transverse (3) descending (4) ascending acid
(A) 4, 2, 3, 1 (B) decreased replacement of epithelial cells
(B) 2, 1, 4, 3 (C) diminished muscular tone and GI tract
(C) 1, 3, 4, 2 motility
(D) 3, 1, 2, 4 (D) all of the above
26 The mucosa of the large intestine is characterized 31. Total number of teeth in rabbit is
by [CPMT-79]
(A) lack of intestinal villi (A) 43
(B) numerous goblet cells and intestinal glands (B) 24
(C) many lymphatic nodules and cells in the (C) 28
lamina propria (D) (4) 32

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