The movement of chyme from the stomach into the small intestine is regulated by the ____.
a. pancreas
b. pyloric sphincter
c. ileocecal valve
d. duodenum
e. epiglottis
Q. 2Immigrants from Cuba escaping Fidel Castro's regime in the late 1950s and early 1960s were typically
a. lower income.
b. middle income.
c. higher income.
d. released prisoners.
e. communists.
Q. 3Two organs that secrete digestive juices into the small intestine are the ____ and the ____.
a. gallbladder; pancreas
b. pancreas; liver
c. gallbladder; liver
d. duodenum; pancreas
e. appendix; prostate
Q. 4Which group of Caribbean Islanders are not technically immigrants because they are U.S. citizens?
a. Cubans
b. Dominicans
c. Puerto Ricans
d. Jamaicans
e. Haitians
Q. 5Chyme is a(n) ____.
a. semiliquid mass of partially digested food
b. portion of food swallowed at one time
c. enzyme in the stomach needed for the digestion of protein
d. esophageal secretion
e. digesting liquid, similar to pepsin
Q. 6Approximately what percentage of the population in the U.S. are Hispanic?
a. 17
b. 20
c. 10
d. 5
e. 27
Q. 7The stomach empties into the ____.
a. ileum
b. cecum
c. jejunum
d. duodenum
e. gallbladder
Q. 8At least how many tropical islands are found in the Caribbean between Florida and Venezuela?
a. 50
b. 800
c. 1000
d. 150
e. 600
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