Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. The human stomach is a. | made up of a single type of cell. | d. | a complex organ. | b. | a single tissue. | e. | an organ system. | c. | a simple organ. |
____ 2. Which of the following is not part of the mammalian digestive system? a. | esophagus | d. | small intestine | b. | crop | e. | large intestine | c. | stomach |
____ 3. In which of the following lists are the structures listed in order from the simplest to the most complex? a. | organ system, organ, tissue, cell | d. | cell, tissue, organ, organ system | b. | tissue, organ, organ system, cell | e. | cell, organ, tissue, organ system | c. | cell, organ system, system, tissue |
____ 4. A doctor suspects that a tumour present in the digestive tract of a patient is cancerous. Which of the following procedures would the doctor use to confirm the diagnosis? a. | a CAT scan | d. | a PSA blood test | b. | an X ray | e. | an injection of a radionucleotide | c. | a MRI |
____ 5. Which of the following diagnostic techniques would be used to observe peristalsis? a. | X ray | d. | an MRI | b. | CAT scan | e. | a nuclear implant | c. | nuclear imaging |
____ 6. In which of the following lists are the events listed in the sequence in which they actually occur? a. | ingestion, absorption, digestion, egestion | b. | ingestion, digestion, absorption, egestion | c. | absorption, ingestion, egestion, digestion | d. | absorption, digestion, ingestion, egestion | e. | digestion, ingestion, absorption, egestion |
____ 7. Which of the following statements correctly describes the relationship between pH and enzyme activity? a. | All enzymes function best around pH 7. | b. | All enzymes function best when the pH is less than 7. | c. | All enzymes function best when the pH is greater than 7. | d. | There