Q 01/05

Which organ, tucked behind the stomach, makes both insulin and digestive juices?

A) Spleen

B) Pancreas

C) Gall bladder

D) Appendix

Answer · why

B) Pancreas

The pancreas works as two glands in one. Its hormones keep blood sugar in check, while its digestive juices flow into the intestine just past the stom...

Q 02/05

In which quadrant of the abdominal cavity does the stomach lie?

A) Right upper

B) Left lower

C) Right lower

D) Left upper

Answer · why

D) Left upper

Left upper is where it sits, but the stomach is no fixed size or shape. It balloons after a meal, deflates when empty and varies from person to person...

Q 03/05

What was the Ancient Greek word for the stomach?

A) Hepar

B) Nephros

C) Gaster

D) Enteron

Answer · why

C) Gaster

Gaster lives on in gastric, gastritis and gastronomy. It is in gastropod too: snails and slugs are 'stomach-foots', named for the muscular foot on the...

Q 04/05

Which letter of the alphabet is the human stomach usually said to resemble?

A) J

B) S

C) C

D) U

Answer · why

A) J

J is the usual comparison, and the bend is there before birth. In the embryo one wall of the stomach grows faster than the other, curving a simple tub...

Q 05/05

Which folds in the stomach lining flatten out as the stomach fills?

A) Villi

B) Gyri

C) Papillae

D) Rugae

Answer · why

D) Rugae

Rugae share a root with 'corrugated': the Latin 'ruga', a wrinkle. Like an accordion's pleats, the folds flatten as a meal arrives and return when the...