Match each of the terms with its definition or description.

a. liver
b. gallbladder
c. mucosa layer
d. mesentery
e. muscularis layer
f. serosa layer
g. ascending colon
h. salivary glands
i. esophagus
j. fundus
k. pylorus
l. duodenum
m. ileum
n. pancreas
o. transverse colon
p. peristalsis
q. vermiform appendix
r. villi
s. descending colon
t. jejunum


1. _____ Part of the digestive tract wall that generates peristalsis

2. _____ Gland that produces lipase and trypsin

3. _____ Part of the small intestine that connects to the stomach; where most of the chemical digestion takes place

4. _____ Submandibular, sublingual, and parotid are all this type of gland

5. _____ Structure that concentrates and stores bile

6. _____ Innermost layer of the wall of the digestive tract

7. _____ Part of the large intestine that is between the cecum and hepatic flexure

8. _____ An extension of the peritoneum

9. _____ Part of the small intestine that joins with the large intestine

10. _____ Part of the stomach that joins with the small intestine

11. _____ Tube that leads from the pharynx to the stomach

12. _____ Gland that produces bile

13. _____ Outermost layer of the wall of the digestive tract

14. _____ Part of the large intestine between the splenic and hepatic flexures

15. _____ Part of the stomach that is to the left and above where the esophagus opens into the stomach

16. _____ Tiny finger-like projections that help absorb food in the small intestine

17. _____ A worm-like tubular structure that is attached to the cecum of the large intestines

18. _____ Muscle contractions that propel food through the digestive tract

19. _____ Part of the small intestine into which food enters when it leaves the duodenum

20. _____ Part of the colon that lies between the splenic flexure and the sigmoid colon


1. e. muscularis layer

2. n. pancreas

3. l. duodenum

4. h. salivary glands

5. b. gallbladder

6. c. mucosa layer

7. g. ascending colon

8. d. mesentery
9. m. ileum

10. k. pylorus
11. i. esophagus

12. a. liver

13. f. serosa layer

14. o. transverse colon

15. j. fundus

16. r. villi

17. q. vermiform appendix

18. p. peristalsis

19. t. jejunum

20. s. descending colon

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