ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: 1. What layer of the alimentary canal tissue can help protect the body against disease, and through what mechanism? 2. What prevents swallowed food from entering the airways? Briefly explain the mechanism responsible for gastroesophageal reflux. 3. Why does the pancreas secrete some enzymes in their inactive forms, and where are these enzymes activated?

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ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
1. What layer of the alimentary canal tissue can help protect the body
against disease, and through what mechanism?
2. What prevents swallowed food from entering the airways? Briefly
explain the mechanism responsible for gastroesophageal reflux.
3. Why does the pancreas secrete some enzymes in their inactive
forms, and where are these enzymes activated?
4. Why is it important that chyme from the stomach is delivered to the
small intestine slowly and in small amounts?
Transcribed Image Text:ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: 1. What layer of the alimentary canal tissue can help protect the body against disease, and through what mechanism? 2. What prevents swallowed food from entering the airways? Briefly explain the mechanism responsible for gastroesophageal reflux. 3. Why does the pancreas secrete some enzymes in their inactive forms, and where are these enzymes activated? 4. Why is it important that chyme from the stomach is delivered to the small intestine slowly and in small amounts?
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