ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
All of these are accessory organs located at the beginning of the small intestine except
A
liver
B
pancreas
C
gallbladder
D
appendix
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Chemical digestion in the small intestine relies on the activities of three accessory digestive organs: the liver, pancreas, and gallbladder (Figure 1).

Detailed explanation-2: -the accessory organ of digestive system include teeth, tongue gallbladder, liver etc. the question is which is NOT an accessory organ, and the answer is teeth.

Detailed explanation-3: -The accessory organs are the teeth, tongue, and glandular organs such as salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas. The digestive system functions to provide mechanical processing, digestion, absorption of food, secretion of water, acids, enzymes, buffer, salt, and excretion of waste products.

Detailed explanation-4: -Your appendix doesn’t directly help with digestion. It’s been unclear what role the appendix has in the body, and removal of the organ doesn’t appear to have any negative health consequences.

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