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Week 17 Assignment
Question | Answer |
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The sodium cotransport or coupled transport acts to transport sodium ions and glucose molecules _____ the GI lumen. | passively out of |
The enzyme pepsin begins the digestion of: | protein |
The purpose of peristalsis is to: | propel food forward along the GI tract. |
Hydrolysis refers to: | using water to split larger compounds into smaller ones. |
Excessive fluid in the pleural cavity would be most likely to cause: | decreased vital capacity. |
About 98.5% of the oxygen carried by systemic arterial blood is attached to: | hemoglobin |
The term used to describe the volume of air exchanged during normal inspiration and expiration is: | tidal volume. |
By the time the blood leaves the lung capillaries to return to the heart, what percentage of the blood's hemoglobin has united with oxygen? | 97 |
When the pressure in the lung is greater than atmospheric pressure: | expiration occurs. |
One hundred milliliters of arterial blood contains approximately what volume percent of oxygen? | 20 |