Question

What is the key function of sphincters found along the digestive system?

a. thet selectively allow and stop passage of partially digested food.
b. they control and direct the quantity of food passing through the digestive organs and prevent backward movement of partially digested food.
c. they improve the muscular strength of the organs involved in digestion.

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. They control and direct the quantity of food passing through the digestive organs and prevent backward movement of partially digested food.

Step-by-step explanation:

In biology, sphincters are a type of muscle that can regulate the passage of substances. In the digestive system, sphincters can be found mainly in the upper and lower zone of the stomach, between the small and large intestine and at the anus. In all cases, the sphincters regulate the amount of digested food or other substances that pass through the organs and also prevents the substances that have already passed to a new organ or zone of the digestive system can go backward.

Due to this sphincters are essential for regulating the movement of food and other substances to be correctly digested and to pass through different organs. According to this, the key function of these muscles is "control and direct the quantity of food passing through the digestive organs and prevent backward movement of partially digested food".

Answer 2

The key function of the sphincters found along the digestive system is that they control and direct the quantity of food passing through the digestive organs and prevent backward movement of partially digested food. The correct answer is option B.