Jan is about to eat a slice of pizza. In what order will the pizza pass through the organs of her GI ...

Jan is about to eat a slice of pizza. In what order will the pizza pass through the organs of her GI tract?
 a. Mouth, ileum, duodenum
  b. Stomach, duodenum, and large intestine
  c. Small intestine, stomach, and large intestine
  d. Jejunum, colon, and cecum

Q. 2

Food undergoes partial physical and chemical breakdown in the _____.
 a. mouth
  b. esophagus
  c. stomach
  d. duodenum

Q. 3

Gastric relates to or pertains to the _____.
 a. esophagus
  b. stomach
  c. small intestine
  d. large intestine

Q. 4

Neural regulation of GI motility and the release of GI secretions involves both the central nervous system and the _____ nervous system.
 a. enteric
  b. muscular
  c. endocrine
  d. intracellular

Q. 5

Smelling cookies baking will likely make you hungry because the GI tract communicates with the _____ system.
 a. digestive
  b. muscular
  c. endocrine
  d. central nervous

Q. 6

Stretching or distension in the walls of the GI tract is detected by _____.
 a. chemoreceptors
  b. mechanoreceptors
  c. stretchreceptors
  d. distoreceptors

Q. 7

The food in the digestive tract is mixed and moved by way of muscular contractions called _____.
 a. contraction and relaxation
  b. propulsion and static
  c. segmentation and peristalsis
  d. contraction and propulsion

Q. 8

GI motility and the release of GI secretions are carefully regulated by _____.
 a. neural and hormonal signals
  b. cardiovascular circulation
  c. dietary and muscular signals
  d. lymphatic circulation

Q. 9

Digestive enzymes break starch and protein into smaller components through the chemical process of _____.
 a. osmosis
  b. ectocytosis
  c. hydrolysis
  d. endocytosis