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A detailed illustration of the human digestive system, highlighting the liver, pancreas, and intestines in a vibrant and educational style.

Digestive System Knowledge Quiz

Test your knowledge of the digestive system with our comprehensive quiz! This quiz covers crucial topics such as the large intestine, liver circulation, and pancreatic functions. Challenge yourself to see how well you understand the anatomy and physiology of these essential organs.

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Each of the following statements concerning the large intestine mucosa is true, EXCEPT

Contains numerous crypts

Forms villi

Its surface epithelium is the same as that of the small intestine

Goblet cells are more numerous in its epithelium than in the small intestine

Each of the following statements concerning the liver circulation is true, EXCEPT

The liver receives blood from the portal vein and the hepatic artery

Blood is mixed in sinusoidal capillaries

Capillaries empty into central veins

Sublobular veins carry blood into the portal vein

Each of the following statements concerning the classic hepatic lobule is true, EXCEPTEach of the following statements concerning the classic hepatic lobule is true, EXCEPT

Is a hexagonal block of tissue

Triads are at its angles

The sublobular vein is its centre

Cell plates radiate from its centre to the periphery

Each of the following statements concerning the hepatic sinusoids is true, EXCEPT

Perfuse cells with mixed portal and arterial blood

Arise from roundlobular arteries and roundlobular veins

Carry blood into the central veins

Are the parts of hepatic plates

Each of the following statements concerning the portal area (the triad) is true, EXCEPT

Includes the central vein from the hepatic vein system

Includes the interlobular bile duct

Includes the interlobular vein from the portal vein system

Includes the interlobular artery from the hepatic artery system

The central vein and the sublobular vein of the liver have common features, EXCEPT

Belong to the hepatic vein system

Have equal diameters and wall thickness

Are fibre type veins

Are solitary veins (travel alone)

Each of the following statements concerning the hepatocytes is true, EXCEPT:

Are large polygonal cells

Are not capable of regeneration when the liver substance is lost;

Have one or two nuclei with well-developed nucleoli

Are arranged in plates.

Each of the following statements concerning the hepatocyte organelles is true, EXCEPT

Golgi apparatus and lysosomes are absent

SER is involved in the degradation of toxins and drugs, the synthesis of cholesterol and lipids

Peroxisomes are involved in the breakdown of hydrogen peroxide and in alcohol metabolism

Each of the following statements concerning the bile canaliculi is true, EXCEPT

Are intercellular gaps between the hepatocytes within the plates

Drain bile into the roundlobular and interlobular ducts

Have their own walls

Hepatocyte microvilli project into their lumen

Each of the following statements concerning the perisinusoidal space of Disse is true, EXCEPT

Contains few reticular fibres

Is the site of exchange between bile and hepatocytes

Lies between the hepatocyte basal surfaces and the endothelial cell basal surfaces

Hepatocyte microvilli project into this space

Each of the following statements concerning the exocrine part of pancreas is true, EXCEPT

Is a compound branched acinar gland

Produces pancreatic juice

Its acini secrete digestive enzymes: trypsin, amylase, and lipase

Its secretion enters the stomach.

Each of the following statements concerning the pancreatic acini is true, EXCEPT:

Basal portions of cells are acidophilic

Consist of pyramidal serous cells

The cell basal cytoplasm abounds in rER

Apical portions of cells are acidophilic

Each of the following statements concerning the pancreatic islets is true, EXCEPT:

Are scattered throughout the organ

Are more numerous in the pancreas tail

Lack blood capillaries

Autonomic nerves are in contact with endocrine cells and influence the hormone secretion.

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