NLN PAX ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWER S 100% PASS
Question 1: mechanical digestion
CORRECT ANSWER: Part of digestion that uses
movement and muscles to break down food into smaller pieces
Question 2: digestion
CORRECT ANSWER: breaking down nutrients into
small, soluble molecules that can be absorbed into the blood
Question 3: chemical digestion
CORRECT ANSWER: the digestion process in which
enzymes are used to break foods into their smaller chemical building blocks occurs via hydrolysis
Question 4: hydrolysis
CORRECT ANSWER: A chemical process that lyses,
or splits, molecules by the addition of water; an essential process in digestion.
Question 5: enzymes
CORRECT ANSWER: molecules, usually proteins or
nucleic acids, that act as catalysts in biochemical reactions used in chemical reactions
Question 6: humans digestion tube extends from
CORRECT ANSWER: mouth to anus
called alimentary canal
Question 7: anus
CORRECT ANSWER: A muscular opening at the end
of the rectum through which waste material is eliminated from the body
Question 8: alimentary canal
CORRECT ANSWER: Also known as the
gastrointestinal (GI) tract of the digestive tract, the alimentary canal is the long muscular "tube" that includes the mouth esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine.carries out stages of digestive process (mechanical and chemical digestion and absorption)
Question 9: accessory organs
CORRECT ANSWER: In the GI tract, organs that play
a role in digestion but not directly part of the alimentary canal.These include the liver, the gallbladder, the pancreas
Question 10: what takes place in the mouth?
CORRECT ANSWER: mechanical digestion
saliva is released from salivary glands to breakdown carbs
Question 11: salivary glands
CORRECT ANSWER: three pairs of exocrine glands in
the mouth that secrete saliva
Question 12: saliva
CORRECT ANSWER: contain amylase
Question 13: amylase
CORRECT ANSWER: enzyme in saliva that breaks the
chemical bonds in starches
Question 14: pharynx
CORRECT ANSWER: muscular tube at the end of the
gastrovascular cavity, or throat, that connects the mouth with the rest of the digestive tract and serves as a passageway for air and food
Question 15: esophagus
CORRECT ANSWER: muscular tube that moves food
from the pharynx to the stomach