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| Which salivary glands are dispersed among oral tisue, have secretions that are largely independent of food intake and may play a critical role in moisturizing the mouth and inhibiting bacteria? |
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| Which of the following is not true of saliva? |
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| Contains enzymes that begin the breakdown of proteins |
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| Which phase of swallowing is dominated by peristalsis |
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| Lipase may be present in more than one location within the GI tract, but is thought to only have significant digestive activity in |
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| The most important hormone that stimulates gastric motility and production of both acid and digestive enzymes within the stomach |
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| The site of production of secretin and cholecystokinin is |
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| Which phase of gastric activity is dominated by hormones and neurologic reflexes that tend to decrease gastric motility and secretion |
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| It works by physical process |
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| Which digestive organ will normally spontaneously digest holes in its walls within a few hours of death |
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| Which section of the small intestine is the primary site of nutrient digestion and absorption |
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| Digestion of which of the following would be affected the most if the liver were severly damaged |
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| The final enzymatic steps in the digestive processes of most carbohydrates and peptides are |
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| Brush border enzymes of the microvilli |
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| Section where the submucosa glands that produce alkaline secretion are most prominent |
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| Secrete HCL acid and intrinsic factor |
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| Have digestive enzymes integral to their plasma membranes |
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| Stimulates the liver to produce bile that is rich in bicarbonate (HCO3-) ion |
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| Breakdown of disaccharides into simple sugars |
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| Enzymes integral to microvilli of Enterocytes lining Small Intestine |
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| The nutrient that requires "reassembly" and "packaging" into chylomicrons |
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| Major blood supply to distal colon and rectum |
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| Inferior Mesenteric Artery |
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| If a balloon were inflated inside your transverse colon to the point of eliciting pain, a patient would be most likely to report pain in what area of the abdomen |
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| Which structure within the abdomen is least sensative to pain |
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| Mucosal Lining of the alimentary canal |
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| Blood supply that directly receives substances from the tubular cells |
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| The chemical that is responsible for the conversion of Angiotensinogen to Angiotensin-I is |
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| Which hormone will increase the permeability of the collecting ducts to waterand will result in the kidneys producing more concentrated urine |
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| AntiDiuretic Hormone (ADH) |
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| Location where 99%+ of organic nutrients such as glucose, amino acids, vitamins are reabsorbed from the renal filtrate |
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| Proximal Convolute Tubule |
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| Section of the nephron most responsible for establishing the concentration gradiant of the renal pyramids |
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| Infection within the peritoneal cavity normally doesn't reach the kidney becuase the kidneys are located in which anatomic space |
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| The chief force pushing water and solutes out of the blood across filtration membrane is |
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| Glomerular hydrostatic pressure (glomerular blood pressure) |
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| The endocrine structure that secretes renin and erythropoietin is the |
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| Juxtaglomerular Apparatus |
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| In humanm the glomerular filtration rate normally ranges from |
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| Aldosterone promotes renal Reabsorption of _____ and secretion of ______ |
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| Tubule fluid osmolarity will always be the greatest in which of these locations |
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| Bottom of the loop of Henle |
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| During the process of renal reabsorption, fluid and solutes move from the |
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| Renal tubule into the peritubular capillaries |
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| At the nephron, Angiotensin-II will cause constriction of the efferent arterioles of the nephrons, this will normally have what effect on the Glomerular Filtration Rate |
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| If the Tm (transport maximum) for a particular amino acid is 120 mg/100 ml and the concentration of that amino acid in the blood is 230 mg/100 ml, the amino acid |
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| Excretion of dilute urine requires |
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| Impermeability of the collecting tubule to water |
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| Which of the following statements is true regarding the structural differences between the urethras of males and females |
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| The male urethra is about 20cm long, while the female urethra is 3-4cm long |
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| What are the typical effects on the filtrate while passing through the ascending loop of Henle |
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| NaCl moves out and H2O remains in |
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| If you want to cause water to diffuse from the lumen of the tubules through the tubular cells and into the interstitial space you would |
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| Increase the osmolarity of the interstitium |
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| After an athletic competion, an athlete has urine with a concentration of 100 milliosmoles, it would be most likely that he was in a state of |
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| If an athlete starts a marathon race with a normal state of hydration and body electrolytes, after a bour of intense sweating with no intake of water or electrolytes his body would most likely repond with |
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| If patients have any significant decrease in GFR, the daily maintenence doses ofter must be decreased to reflect that. You see the creatinine level is 4, what would you estimate the GFR is approximately what percentage of normal |
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| If a patient with relatively normal renal function has a blood glucose level of 800 the approvimately of the glucose in the filtrate will be reabsorbed by the kidney |
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| Total body water differs with age and nature of body composition. It is greatest percentage of body mass in |
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