Clicker questions the science of NUTRITON 4th by thompson manore and vaughan chapter 03

In traveling through your GI tract, chyme would encountera the esophagus, then the stomach.. In traveling through your GI tract, chyme would encountera the esophagus, then the stomach..

Chapter 3 Clicker Questions

Chapter 3:

The Human Body:

Are We Really

What We Eat?

The region of brain tissue that is responsible for prompting us to seek food is the

a) pituitary gland

b) satiety center

c) hypothalamus

d) thalamus

The region of brain tissue that is responsible for prompting us to seek food is the

a) pituitary gland

b) satiety center

c) hypothalamus.

d) thalamus

In traveling through your GI tract, chyme would encounter

a) the esophagus, then the stomach

b) the duodenum, then the jejunum, and then the

ileum

c) the liver, then the gallbladder, and then the

pancreas

d) the jejunum, then the transverse colon, the

ascending colon, and finally the anus

In traveling through your GI tract, chyme would encounter

a) the esophagus, then the stomach

b) the duodenum, then the jejunum, and then the

ileum.

c) the liver, then the gallbladder, and then the

pancreas

d) the jejunum, then the transverse colon, the

ascending colon, and finally the anus

The parietal cells of the stomach secrete hydrochloric acid, which

a) begins to denature proteins

b) accomplishes protein digestion

c) begins to digest carbohydrates

d) is more acidic than battery acid

The parietal cells of the stomach secrete hydrochloric acid, which

a) begins to denature proteins.

b) accomplishes protein digestion

c) begins to digest carbohydrates

d) is more acidic than battery acid

Which of the following statements about chemical digestion is true?

a) Enzymes are chemical messenger molecules that

are important in regulating many aspects of digestion

b) Hormones are nearly always produced in the same

organ whose activity they assist

c) Most hormones and enzymes involved in digestion

are nonspecific, acting on a wide variety of compounds

d) Upon release into the GI tract, digestive enzymes

typically facilitate hydrolysis reactions

Which of the following statements about chemical digestion is true?

a) Enzymes are chemical messenger molecules that

are important in regulating many aspects of digestion

b) Hormones are nearly always produced in the same

organ whose activity they assist

c) Most hormones and enzymes involved in digestion

are nonspecific, acting on a wide variety of compounds

d) Upon release into the GI tract, digestive enzymes

typically facilitate hydrolysis reactions.

Bile is a greenish fluid that

a) is produced by the gallbladder

b) is stored by the pancreas

c) is necessary for the absorption of vitamin B12.d) emulsifies lipids

Bile is a greenish fluid that

a) is produced by the gallbladder

b) is stored by the pancreas

c) is necessary for the absorption of vitamin B12

d) emulsifies lipids.

The lining of the small intestine

a) has muscular ridges called rugae that flatten to

increase its absorptive capacity

b) is studded with lymph nodes that absorb nutrients

from the chyme

c) has fingerlike projections called villi that contain

capillaries and a lacteal that pick up absorbed nutrients

d) has absorptive cells called enterocytes that line the

microvilli

The lining of the small intestine

a) has muscular ridges called rugae that flatten to

increase its absorptive capacity

b) is studded with lymph nodes that absorb nutrients

from the chyme

c) has fingerlike projections called villi that contain

capillaries and a lacteal that pick up absorbed nutrients.

d) has absorptive cells called enterocytes that line the

microvilli

A process in which nutrients are shuttled across enterocytes with the help of a carrier protein but

A process in which nutrients are shuttled across enterocytes with the help of a carrier protein but

Which of the following processes moves food along the entire GI tract?

a) mass movement

b) peristalsis

c) haustration

d) segmentation

Which of the following processes moves food along the entire GI tract?

a) mass movement

b) peristalsis

c) haustration

d) segmentation

Gastroesophageal reflux disease is caused

a) by pooling of gastric juice in the lower

esophagus

b) when a hypersensitivity immune response triggers

inflammation of the esophagus and stomach

c) by ulceration of the lining of the colon

d) by an inappropriate response of enteric nerves to

stress

Gastroesophageal reflux disease is caused

a) by pooling of gastric juice in the lower

esophagus.

b) when a hypersensitivity immune response triggers

inflammation of the esophagus and stomach

c) by ulceration of the lining of the colon

d) by an inappropriate response of enteric nerves to

stress

c) can be successfully treated during a colonoscopy.

d) can be detected with a screening test before it

produces signs or symptoms.