When food is chewed and mixed with saliva in preparation for swallowing, what is the resulting substance called?
a. Bolus
b. Ball
c. Mass
d. Chyme
Q. 2Which of the five tastes that humans can sense are vegetarians least likely to experience?
a. Bitter
b. Salty
c. Sour
d. Umami
Q. 3While driving, you see an ad for your favorite fast food place and your stomach begins to growl. Which phase of digestion is occurring?
a. Cephalic
b. Gastric
c. Neural
d. Responsive
Q. 4Digestion in the small intestine is facilitated by secretions from the _____ and _____.
a. mouth, stomach
b. esophagus, kidney
c. pancreas, gallbladder
d. liver, stomach
Q. 5The rate of gastric motility and the release of gastric juice _____ when the food moves into the small intestine.
a. increase significantly
b. decrease
c. remain steady
d. increase slightly
Q. 6What is the anatomical birth defect that results in an opening between the oral and nasal cavities called?
a. Dysphagia
b. Parkinson's disease
c. Crohn's disease
d. Cleft palate
Q. 7GI motility and the release of GI secretions are coordinated with the introduction of _____ into each of the regions of the GI tract.
a. enzymes
b. acids
c. food
d. bases
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