Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. The evacuation of feces from the rectum is called defecation.
2. Saliva mixes with food in the mouth to form chyme, which is swallowed.
3. The liver is located primarily in the right upper quadrant.
4. Ascites is the collection of fluid in the stomach.
5. Pyrosis is another term for heartburn.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE
Saliva mixes with food in the mouth to form a bolus, not chyme, which is
swallowed. Chyme is when food mixes with the gastric juices.
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
Ascites is the collection of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, not the stomach.
5. TRUE
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