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the liquid contained within the cells is called |
intracellular |
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Water that is chemically synthesized by the body is called |
metabolic water (to distinguish it from ingested water) |
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The hypothalamus has a nucleus called the |
thirst center--that stimulates water intake and inhibits salvation |
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A local accumulation of interstitial fluid is called |
edema |
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Hyperkalemia is an abnormally high concentration of what in the blood? |
potassium ions |
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A deficiency of Na+ in the blood is called |
hyponatremia |
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A chemical that converts a strong acid or base to a weas one and thus resists pH changes is called a/an |
buffer |
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A blood ph below 7.35 is called |
acidosis |
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An acid-base imbalance that the body cannot correct is said to be |
uncompensated |
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Lesser omentum |
a serous membrane that extends from the lesser curvature of the stomach to the liver |
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The starch-digesting enzymes of the saliva and pancreatic juice are called |
amylase |
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Activities of different regions of the digestive tract are coordinated with each other through the |
myenteric nerve plexus between the two layers of the muscularis externa. |
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Pepsin is produced from a zymogen called |
pepsinogen |
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The partially digested slurry that passes from the stomach into the small intestine is called |
chyme |
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As a prelude to enzymatic digestion, dietary fat must be |
emulsified (or broken up into small droplets suspended in the chyme) |
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the duodenal hormone __________ stimulates the liver and pancreas to secrete bicarbonate |
secretin |
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A deficiency of blood glucose is called |
hypoglycemia |
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What are essential amino acids? |
The nine amino acids that the body cannot synthesize and therefore must aquire from the diet. |
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if a dietary protein has all the essential amino acids in the proportions needed for human metabolism, it is called a/an |
complete protein |
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the metabolic reaction chain that splits glucose into two molecules of pyruvic acid is called |
glycolysis |
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The iron-containing enzymes of the mitochondrial cristae that participate in the electron transport system are called |
glycogenolysis |
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When the stomach and small intestine are empty and the body is drawing on its stored energy reserves, it is in the |
post absorptive state |
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You arrive in class and find your seat is still warm from the student before you. Which method of heat loss from that student's body accounts for this? |
radiation |
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Lipoproteins that transport newly absorbed dietary fats in the lymph and blood are called |
chylomicrons |
