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sarahnguyen sarahnguyen
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What causes the release of hydrochloric acid, intrinsic factor, and enzymes in response to the presence of food in the stomach?
 a. Pepsin
  b. Gastrin
  c. Chyme
  d. Rugae

Q. 2

Gastric pit cells that release their secretions into the blood are called _____ cells.
 a. exocrine
  b. parietal
  c. endocrine
  d. chief

Q. 3

By the time food leaves the stomach it has mixed with gastric juice and has been transformed into a semi-liquid paste called _____.
 a. rugae
  b. gastrin
  c. pepsin
  d. chyme

Q. 4

What hormone is released when the food you have just eaten reaches your stomach?
 a. CCK
  b. Secretin
  c. Gastrin
  d. Insulin

Q. 5

What controls the movement of food from the stomach into the duodenum?
 a. Secretin
  b. Pyloric sphincter
  c. Ileocecal valve
  d. Gastrin

Q. 6

Many nursing home residents have difficulty swallowinga condition known as _____.
 a. aphasia
  b. dysphagia
  c. aphagia
  d. dysphasia

Q. 7

Brit was eating quickly in order to get to her next class. Though she began to choke when she tried to swallow a large bite of her sandwich, her _____ covered the trachea during swallowing so that the sandwich did not go into the lungs.
 a. gastroesophageal sphincter
  b. pyrolic value
  c. esophagus
  d. epiglottis

Q. 8

What is the narrow, muscular tube that connects the pharynx with the stomach called?
 a. Pyloric sphincter
  b. Ileocecal valve
  c. Esophagus
  d. Duodenum
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