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Grace Shimamoto
Physiology week 6-13
Question | Answer |
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The hormone thought to be a messenger causing release of digestive enzymes from the intestinal mucosa is | vasoactive intestinal peptide |
Deglutition is under voluntary control during which stage? | oral stage |
The process of fat emulsification consists of | breaking fat into small droplets |
Is sucrose a disaccharide? | yes |
The hormone that stimulates the gallbladder to release bile is | cholecystokinin |
Which blood vessel carries absorbed food from the GI tract to the liver? | portal vein |
Glucose moves from the GI tract into the circulatory system by the process of | cotransport |
Standard atmospheric pressure is | 760 mm Hg |
By the time the blood leaves the lung capillaries to rerturn to the heart, what percentage of the blood's hemoglobin has united with oxygen? | 97% |
The tendency of the thorax and the lungs to return to the preinspiration volume is called | elastic recoil |