Chapter 7 Quiz 4

The colon absorbs the water remaining in the indigestible materials.

• True

• False

Most of the water in food is absorbed in the large intestine.

• True

• False

Dietary fibre in food promotes peristalsis of the alimentary canal.

• True

• False

A lack of dietary fibre causes diarrheoa.

• True

• False

Faeces are temporarily stored in the rectum.

• True

• False

All lipids are transported by the lymph but not the blood.

• True

• False

Lipid molecules absorbed from the small intestine are carried by the hepatic portal vein to reach the liver.

• True

• False

Excess glucose is converted to glycogen for storage in the liver.

• True

• False

Excess amino acids are deaminated in the liver, forming urea.

• True

• False

The liver breaks down haemoglobin in old red blood cells into bile salts.

• True

• False