Anatomy and Physiology: Practice Test 
A and P II Chapter 24 practice test
1. Which of the following digestive regions is responsible for the propulsion of materials into the esophagus?
Answer: pharynx
2. The active process that occurs when materials enter the digestive tract via the mouth is:
Answer: ingestion
3. Sympathetic stimulation of the muscularis externa promotes:
Answer: muscular inhibition and relaxation
4. Which of the following statements about peritonitis is false?
Answer: It leads to inflammation of the digestive mucosa.
5. Which of the following major layers of the digestive tract is described as a layer of dense irregular connective tissue filled with blood vessels and the plexus of Meissner?
Answer: submucosa
6. Strong contractions of the ascending and transverse colon moving the contents of the colon toward the sigmoid colon are called:
Answer: mass peristalsis
7. Which of the following salivary glands produce salivary amylase, a carbohydrate-digesting enzyme?
Answer:
1. parotid glands
2. sublingual glands
8. Which of the following is not a function of saliva?
Answer: initial digestion of proteins
9. The three pairs of salivary glands that secrete into the oral cavity include:
Answer: parotid, sublingual, and submandibular
10. Crushing, mashing, and grinding of food are best accomplished by the action of the:
Answer: bicuspids
11. The three phases of deglutition are:
Answer: buccal, pharyngeal, and esophageal
12. On its way to the esophagus, food normally passes through the:
Answer: oropharynx and laryngopharynx
13. The pharyngeal muscles that push the food bolus toward the esophagus are the:
Answer: pharyngeal constrictor muscles
14. Solid food and liquids are carried from the pharyngeal region to the stomach by the:
Answer: laryngopharynx
15. The inferior end of the esophagus normally remains in a state of active contraction that:
Answer: prevents the backflow of materials from the stomach into the esophagus
16. The contractions of the stomach are inhibited by:
1. Which of the following digestive regions is responsible for the propulsion of materials into the esophagus?
Answer: pharynx
2. The active process that occurs when materials enter the digestive tract via the mouth is:
Answer: ingestion
3. Sympathetic stimulation of the muscularis externa promotes:
Answer: muscular inhibition and relaxation
4. Which of the following statements about peritonitis is false?
Answer: It leads to inflammation of the digestive mucosa.
5. Which of the following major layers of the digestive tract is described as a layer of dense irregular connective tissue filled with blood vessels and the plexus of Meissner?
Answer: submucosa
6. Strong contractions of the ascending and transverse colon moving the contents of the colon toward the sigmoid colon are called:
Answer: mass peristalsis
7. Which of the following salivary glands produce salivary amylase, a carbohydrate-digesting enzyme?
Answer:
1. parotid glands
2. sublingual glands
8. Which of the following is not a function of saliva?
Answer: initial digestion of proteins
9. The three pairs of salivary glands that secrete into the oral cavity include:
Answer: parotid, sublingual, and submandibular
10. Crushing, mashing, and grinding of food are best accomplished by the action of the:
Answer: bicuspids
11. The three phases of deglutition are:
Answer: buccal, pharyngeal, and esophageal
12. On its way to the esophagus, food normally passes through the:
Answer: oropharynx and laryngopharynx
13. The pharyngeal muscles that push the food bolus toward the esophagus are the:
Answer: pharyngeal constrictor muscles
14. Solid food and liquids are carried from the pharyngeal region to the stomach by the:
Answer: laryngopharynx
15. The inferior end of the esophagus normally remains in a state of active contraction that:
Answer: prevents the backflow of materials from the stomach into the esophagus
16. The contractions of the stomach are inhibited by: