Digestive tract quiz
1. Place the following segments of the digestive tract in order, from superior to inferior.
Esophagous 1
Duodenum 2
Sigmoid colon 4
Jejunum 3
2. Most of the digestive tract lies in a body cavity called the abdominal thoratic cavity that is lined with mesentery and each organ in the cavity is covered with a layer called perital
3. Name a segment of the digestive tract that has each of the following functions (1 is sufficient)
Secretes sodium bicarbonate pancreas
Secretes digestive enzmes pancreas acini cells
Secretes hydrochloric acid stomach parital cells
Secretes bile liver
4. Name the three main layers that form the wall of any portion of the digestive tract.
Mucosa, submucosa, muscularus externa
5. Both the liver and pancreas have exocrine and other functions. Explain.
The liver breackdown CHO glucose and stores as glyeogen. The pancrease has endocrine function like insulin hormone secreation.
NOTE: there will most likely be five questions on sides
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