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Final Test Review ( Digestive & Excretory)
Question | Answer |
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What is one of the four distinct layers of the alimentary canal, which consists of connective tissue, nerves, and blood and lymph vessels, that serve to nourish the surrounding tissues? | Submucosa |
Which organ excrete(s) uric acid, urea, electrolytes, water, and other waste? | Kidneys |
What is the urinary system composed of? | Two kidneys, two ureters, one bladder and one urethra |
The colon has what functions? | storing, forming, and excreting waste products of digestion, and regulates the body's water balance |
When food passes from the throat to the esophagus, the smooth muscles of the alimentary canal are stimulated and produce a wavelike motion called what? | peristalsis |
The salivary glands secrete what enzymes? | amylase |
What organs is the largest in the body? | Liver |
Each day the nephrons filter how many gallons or plasma from the blood? | forty to fifty |
Normal healthy urine is what color? | Clear yellow |
Which organ is a hollow organ that is constructed of walls of elastic fibers and involuntary muscles that act as a reservoir for the urine? | Bladder |
The chemical examination of urine is called what? | Urinalysis |
The sensors indicate the bladder that it is time to urinate when it has collected approximately how much urine? | one pint |
The largest intestine travels the left side of the abdomen to become the what colon? | Descending colon |
A bitter, alkaline, yellowish-brown fluid secreted from the liver into the duodenum , and it aids in the emulsification, digestion, and absorption of fats is called what? | Bile |