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6. Gallstones are formed when biliary sludge solidifies and gets stuck in the bile duct, but what is the pain this causes called?

  • Bile salt obstructive colic
  • Biliary colic
  • Gallstone colic
  • Obstructive jaundice

7. Starches from Carbohydrates contain long chains of glucose molecules known as what?

  • Polysaccharides
  • Maltose
  • Serosa
  • Peptides

8. Proteins are long chains of amino acids, during digestion these chains break into smaller chains known as polypeptides, they then break into even smaller chains known as what?

  • Peptides
  • Polysaccharides
  • Disaccharide Sugar
  • Maltose

9. Among other things, pancreatic juice contains biocarbonate ions. But what do these do?

  • Ignore the stomach acid
  • Remove the stomach acid
  • Neutralise the stomach acid
  • Maintain the pH of the stomach acid

10. What do bile pigments do?

  • Sterilise the gallbladder
  • Break down haemoglobin
  • Remove fat globules from gallbladder
  • Turn large fat globules into small fat globules

11. Food can be chewed into a bolus (pellet) to be sent down the oesophagus easily via what process?

  • Ptyalism
  • Mastication
  • Peristalsis
  • Olfaction

12. What is the duodenum?

  • Final section of the large intestine
  • First section of the small intestine
  • First section of the large intestine
  • Final section of the small intestine

13. During digestion, starch turns into disaccharide sugars (known as maltose), which then turn into what?

  • Digestive Molecules
  • Protein Molecules
  • Glucose Molecules
  • Fat Molecules

14. What is the colons main function?

  • Pumps blood through vessels
  • Absorbs water from undigested material to create faeces
  • Allow glucose and amino acids to pass through to liver
  • Releases water to pass through it

15. What is the name of the sphincter which releases chyme into the duoderium?

  • Parietal Sphincter
  • Plyoric Sphincter
  • Lower Oesophegal Sphincter
  • Anal Sphincter

16. Saliva is made up of water, mucous and bicarbonate ions which have the enzyme amylase, which turns starch into what?

  • Fatty Acids
  • The Sugar Glycerol
  • The Sugar Maltose
  • Triglyceride Fat

17. The Muscularis (muscle layer of the gut) contracts in waves to digest food. What is the scientific name for this movement?

  • Olfaction
  • Submucosa
  • Peristalsis
  • Masticated

18. Bile is produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder. It contains bile salt, but what does bile salt do?

  • Removes fat globules totally from gallbladder
  • Turns large fat globules into small fat globules
  • Breaks down haemoglobin
  • Produces pancreatic juice

19. Which of these is not a layer of the Gastrointestinal Tract?

  • Submucosa
  • Muscularis
  • Salivary Glands
  • Mucosa

20. Fat molecules are primarily broken down into what two components?

  • Fatty acids and Triglyceride Fat
  • Fatty acids and Glycerol
  • Glycerol and Triglyceride Fat
  • Unsaturated fats and Saturated fats