Here are 10 One-Word Answer Type Questions from the topic The Foodpipe/Oesophagus (from your provided PDF), with answers and explanations after each question as requested:
One-Word Answer Type Questions
Topic: The Foodpipe/Oesophagus
1. Question: What is the other name of the foodpipe?
• Answer: Oesophagus
• Explanation: The oesophagus is also called the foodpipe, which carries food from the mouth to the stomach.
2. Question: What is the movement of food in the oesophagus called?
• Answer: Peristalsis
• Explanation: Peristalsis is the wave-like muscular movement that pushes the food down the oesophagus.
3. Question: Where does the food travel after passing through the oesophagus?
• Answer: Stomach
• Explanation: The oesophagus delivers food from the buccal cavity to the stomach.
4. Question: What is the process called when swallowed food returns back to the mouth?
• Answer: Vomiting
• Explanation: Vomiting is the expulsion of food back from the stomach to the mouth.
5. Question: What type of canal is the oesophagus part of?
• Answer: Alimentary
• Explanation: The oesophagus is part of the alimentary canal, which is the complete digestive tract.
6. Question: What prevents food from entering the windpipe during swallowing?
• Answer: Epiglottis
• Explanation: The epiglottis is a flap-like structure that closes the windpipe during swallowing to prevent choking.
7. Question: What is the muscular structure that helps in movement of food in the oesophagus?
• Answer: Muscles
• Explanation: Muscles in the wall of the oesophagus contract and relax to push food downward.
8. Question: What is the condition called when food enters the windpipe accidentally?
• Answer: Choking
• Explanation: Choking happens when food particles mistakenly enter the windpipe instead of the oesophagus.
9. Question: Is any digestion of food carried out in the oesophagus?
• Answer: No
• Explanation: No digestion takes place in the oesophagus; it only transports food to the stomach.
10. Question: What type of organ is the oesophagus in the digestive system?
• Answer: Conduit
• Explanation: The oesophagus is a conduit or passage that only carries food from mouth to stomach without digesting it.
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