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Which of the following is common to both extracellular and intracellular digestion?


A) the ability to phagocytose food particles
B) a slow speed of digestion
C) the presence of a digestive cavity
D) the ability to consume both large and small food items
E) None of these characteristics are common to both extra- and intracellular digestion.

F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

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People who are lactose intolerant


A) produce inactive lactase.
B) have a genetic polymorphism of the lactase gene that turns off lactase production after weaning.
C) must drink soy (non-dairy) formula as infants.
D) have a mutation in the promoter region of the lactase gene.
E) have mutations in regulatory regions of the lactase gene.

F) B) and C)
G) A) and D)

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Digestion of which major nutrient type depends heavily on the process of emulsification?


A) carbohydrates
B) lipids
C) nucleic acids
D) proteins
E) bile salts

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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All of the following statements about digestion are correct EXCEPT:


A) Digestion is catalyzed by enzymes.
B) During digestion, nucleic acids are split into nucleotides.
C) During digestion, fats are split into monoglycerides and fatty acids.
D) Most digestion occurs in the stomach.
E) During digestion, polysaccharides and disaccharides are split into monosaccharides.

F) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

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How did Bayliss and Starling demonstrate that the small intestine secretes chemical signals that stimulate the pancreas to respond to acid?


A) They injected acid into a dog's small intestine after dissecting away all the nerves.
B) They exposed a dog's small intestine to a cell extract made from a second dog's small intestine that had been exposed to acid.
C) They cut out a piece of the small intestine and exposed it to acid.
D) They injected pancreatic secretions from a dog previously exposed to acid into the small intestine of a second dog.
E) They injected acid into the pancreas after removing all of its innervation.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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Humans are susceptible to scurvy because


A) they cannot synthesize amino acids.
B) they do not have enough adipose tissue for vitamin A storage.
C) they cannot synthesize vitamin C.
D) they have a high incidence of fruit allergies.
E) constant seasickness and nausea on long voyages leads to weakness and anemia.

F) None of the above
G) A) and D)

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Place the portions of the large intestine in the correct order from entry to exit. (1) ascending colon (2) cecum (3) rectum (4) descending colon (5) transverse colon (6) sigmoid colon (7) anus


A) 1,4,5,6,2,3,7
B) 2,1,5,4,6,3,7
C) 1,5,4,6,2,7,3
D) 2,6,5,4,1,7,3
E) 1,5,4,6,2,3,7

F) C) and E)
G) B) and C)

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Bile is crucial for ______ digestion because of its function in _____.


A) protein, protecting the stomach lining
B) fat, solubilizing glycerol:fatty acid bonds
C) nucleic acids, uncoiling DNA strands
D) fat, emulsification
E) protein, lyophilization

F) All of the above
G) None of the above

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Which of the following is not an advantage of extracellular digestion?


A) The interior of cells is protected from hydrolytic enzymes.
B) Very large portions of food can be consumed at once and digested over a long period of hours to weeks.
C) Specialized regions of the cavity can segregate digested food from nondigested food.
D) Digestion can be regulated by hormones.
E) Vacuoles allow for direct phagocytosis by individual cells.

F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

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