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Shebette Lewis
Physiology week 7-13
Question | Answer |
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Which of the processs of mechanical digestion involves the esophogas? | Deglutition and Peristalsis |
What is one of the main function of the liver? | Production of Bile |
Internal respiration can be defined as what? | The exchange of gases between the blood capillaries andthe tissue cells. |
What constitutes total lung volume? | Residual volume and vital capacity. |
What helps determine the amount of oxygen that diffuses into the blood each minute? | Alveolar ventilation, The total functional surface area of the respiratory membrane. The oxygen pressure gradient between alveolar air and incoming pu;monary blood. |
Standard atmospheric pressure is? | 760 |
What hormone stimulates the gallbladder to releaase bile? | cholecystokinin |
What step of deglutition is under voluntary control? | Oral stage |
Hyperpnea means? | increase in breathing. |
What form does oxygen travel in the blood? | Dissolve oxygen in the plasma. Associated with hemoglobin. |