The mouth, stomach, small intestine, and colon describe the
a. order in which food travels during reverse peristalsis.
b. pathway blood travels after leaving the liver.
c. pathway of hormones that release intes-tinal secretions.
d. order in which food moves through the gastrointestinal tract.
D
The mouth, stomach, small intestine, and colon describe the order in which food moves through the gastrointestinal tract. Reverse peristalsis would reverse this order. After it leaves the liver, blood does not flow to these organs in order. Hormones travel in the blood stream, not along the gastrointestinal tract.
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