Exam 47: Digestive Systems and Animal Nutrition

What is the role of the lysosome in intracellular digestion?

Which teeth are used to crush and grind food?

Vitamin ____ is produced in human skin when exposed to sunlight.

A deficiency of ____ produces a goiter in humans.

A deficiency of vitamin C can result in ____.

The majority of digestion in the human body takes place in the ____.

How does a calorie (lower case "c") differ from a Calorie (upper case "C")?

The ____ tooth type may not be present in herbivores, yet is prominent in carnivores.

The quality of food herbivores ingest is relatively nutrient rich , therefore their digestive systems are relatively simple .

The ____ in the human body regulates hunger and satiety (a sense of fullness).

The gastrovascular cavity of a flatworm serves as both the ____ and ____ systems of the body.

An example of a fluid feeder is a ____.

What is the function of villi and microvilli in the small intestine?

The ____ layer of the mammalian gut performs peristalsis.

Much of the control of the digestive system originates in the neuron networks of the submucosa .

The ____ produces gastrin that activates secretion of HCl and pepsinogen within itself.

The ____ of a bird's digestive system contains sand and rocks to aid in mechanical digestion.