The physiology instructor asks the pre-nursing students what the accessory digestive organs are. What should the students answer? (Mark all that apply.)
A) The liver
B) The pancreas
C) The esophagus
D) The gallbladder
E) The stomach
Ans: A, B, D
Feedback: The digestive process continues in the duodenum. Duodenal secretions come from the accessory digestive organs—the pancreas, liver, and gallbladder—and the glands in the wall of the intestine itself. The esophagus and the stomach are not accessory digestive organs.
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