QUESTIONS 273 



QUESTIONS 



1. What is the length of the alimentary canal? 



2. What organs constitute the alimentary canal? 



3. How many temporary teeth are there in the child? Perma- 

 nent teeth in the adult? 



4. Name the parts which form a tooth. 



5. How are the temporary teeth divided as to name and number? 

 The permanent teeth? 



6. Give the position in the alveolar processes of the incisor 

 teeth. The canines. The bicuspids. The molars. 



7. Give the period of eruption of the temporary teeth. The 

 permanent teeth. 



8. What are the functions of the tongue? 



9. What do you understand by the hard palate? The soft 

 palate? 



10. What is the isthmus of the fauces? 



11. Give the location of the tonsils. 



12. Name the salivary glands. 



13. Which salivary gland is the largest? Give the weight of each. 



14. When do the salivary glands pour out their secretions? And 

 through what structure? 



15. What structures does the pharynx communicate with? 



16. How long is the pharynx, and what three parts is it subdivided 

 into? 



17. Which variety of epithelium lines the three portions of the 

 pharynx? 



18. What organ connects the pharynx with the stomach? 



19. What is the distance from the incisor teeth to the cardiac 

 opening in the stomach? 



20. Name the portions of the stomach. 



21 What orifices are found in the stomach and with what organs 

 do they communicate? 



22. How many borders and surfaces has the stomach? 



23. Give its dimensions, weight, and average capacity. 



24. Name the coats of the stomach wall. 



25. How are the fibres in the muscular coat arranged? 



26. Name the glands found in the membrane of the stomach. 



27. What structures secrete the gastric juice? 



28. Where are the pyloVic glands in the stomach located? The 

 cardiac glands? 



29. Do the cardiac and pyloric glands communicate with the 

 internal surface of the stomach? Through what structure is their 

 secretion poured out? 



30. Name the cells formed in a cardiac gland. 



31. How long is the duodenum? 



32. What portions of the alimentary canal does the duodenum 

 connect and communicate with? 



33. What are the divisions of the small intestine called? 



34. Name the coats forming the structure of the small intestino. 



35. Which variety of the epithelium lines the small intestine? 



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