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104 Cards in this Set
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from food, humans must get basic organic molecules to make ____, build tissues, & serve as _____ and coenzymes
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ATP
cofactors |
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digestion breaks ______ (carbs,fats,proteins) into ______ building blocks
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polymers
monomer |
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______ is taking food in the mouth
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ingestion
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______ is chewing
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mastication
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______ is swallowing
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deglutination
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______ is one way movement through the tract
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peristalsis
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______ is churning or mixing
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segmentation
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the gastrointestinal tract is about ____ feet long from mouth to anus
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30
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_______ ______ consists of teeth,tongue,salivary glands, liver,gallbladder and pancreas
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accessory organs
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GI tract layers are also called?
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tunics
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how many tunics are there?
and called? |
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mucosa submucosa muscularis serosa |
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_____: inner secretory and absorptive layer, may be folded to increase surface area
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mucosa
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_____:very vascular, to pick up nutrients; also has some glands
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submucosa
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______: smooth muscle; responsible for peristalsis and segmentation
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muscularis
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_____:outer binding and protective layer
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serosa
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the parasympathetic division of the Gi tract stimulates?
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esophagus,stomach,small intestines,pancreas,gallbladder, and first part of large intestines via the vagus nerve
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spinal nerves in ___ region stimulate lower large intestines
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sacral
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preganglionic neurons synapse on _____ & ______
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submucosal
myentericplexi |
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The sympathetic division of the GI tract inhibits ______ & _____
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peristalsis and secretion
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The sympathetic division of the GI tract stimulates _____ of sphincters
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contraction
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hormones: from ____ or other digestive organs
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brain
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______ sensory neurons in gut wall help in intristic regulation via seperate enteric nervous system
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intristic
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intristic regulation includes _____ signals
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paracrine
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_______: contains mucus, an antimicrobial agent and salivary amylase to start digestion of starch
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saliva
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deglutition involves coordinated contraction of __ pairs of muscles
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25
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deglutition has __ parts which are called?
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oral pharyngeal esophageal |
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_____: voluntary;muscles of mouth and tongue mix food with saliva to form abolus
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oral
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_______: initiated by receptors in the posterior oral cavity and oropharrynx
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pharyngeal
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_____ lifts to cover nasopharynx and esophagus covers vocal cords
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uvula
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______: automatic; controlled by swallowing center of brain stem
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esophageal
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mouth, pharynx, and upper esophagus lined with skeletal muscles innervated by ___ ___ ___
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somatic motor neurons
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lower esophagus lined with smooth muscles controlled by ____
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ANS
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the esophagus is ___ inches long
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10
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the esophagus passes through the diaphram via the esophageal _____
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hiatus
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the esophagus is lined with non keratinized _____ _____ epithilium
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stratisfied squamous
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the upper portion of the esophagus has _____ muscles and the lower portion has _____ muscle
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skeletal
smooth |
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lower esophageal sphincter opens to allow food to pass into stomach, it stays closed to prevent _______
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regurgitation
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what are some of the stomachs functions?
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stores food
churns food with gastric secretion begins protein digestion kills bacteria in food moves food into small intestine in the form of chime |
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food is delivered to the ____ region of stomach
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cardiac
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____ is the upper region of stomach
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fundus
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_____ is the lower region of stomach
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body
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_____ is the distal region of the stomach
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pyloris
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the pyloris ends at the pyloris ______
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sphincter
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the lining of the stomach has folds called _____
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rugae
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_____ pits at base of folds lead to gastric glands with secretory cells
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gastric
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mucus neck cells of stomach secrete mucus to help protect stomach lining from _____
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acids
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_____ cells secrete HCL acid and intristic factor to help small intestines absorb vitamin B12
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parietal
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cheif cells secrete ______
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pepsinogen
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_____ cells secrete histamine and serotinin
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ECL
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________ neurons: stimulates parietal and ECL cells
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parasympathetic
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HCL drops pH to ___
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2
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HCL makes proteins _____ and pepsinogen is converted to ____ pepsin
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denatured
active |
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_____ serves as the optimal pH for pepsin activity
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HCL
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_____ & ____ could eat the stomach lining
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acid and pepsin
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defenses that help prevent acid & pepsin from eating the stomach line are?
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adherent layer of mucus with bicarb
tight junctions btw epitethial cells rapid epithelial mitosis that replaces epithelium every 3 days |
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_____ begins digestion in the stomach
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proteins
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______ begin digestion in the mouth, but salivary amylase is not active at pH2, so activity stops in stomach
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startches
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____ & _____ (aspirin) are the only common substances absorbed in the stomach
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alcohol NSAIDS
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____ _____: erosions of the mucosa of the stomach or duodenum
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peptic ulcers
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_______ _______: bacterium that reduces mucosal barriers to acid
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hellicobacter pylori
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treatment for ulcers combines ______ pump inhibitors and antibiotics
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K+/h+
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_______ is the inflammation of the submucosa caused by acid eating it
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gastritis
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the small intestines have three sections called?
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duodenum
jejunum ilium |
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complete digestion of carbs, proteins & fats happens in the?
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small intestines
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sugars,lipids,amino acids,calcium,and iron absorbed in ______ & _____
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duodenum
jejunum |
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bile salts,vitamin B12, water, and electorlytes in _____
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ilium
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______ and microvilli are columnar epithelium with goblet cells
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villi
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________ is stronger and serves to mix chyme
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segmentation
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______ muscle contractions occur automatically
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smooth
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graded depolarizations called slow waves produced by pacemakeer cells called interstitial cells of ____ produce action potentials in muscle cells.
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cajal
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autonomic nerves influence enteric nervous system to stimulate or inhibit cells of ____
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cajal
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______ from PNS interacts with muscarinic ACH receptors to increase amplitude and duration of slow waves
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ACH
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The absorption of water,electrolytes, and vitamin K, and some B vitamins happens in the?
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large intestines
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in the large intestines, production of vitamin ___ and ___ via microbal organisms
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K and B
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storage of feces is in the _____ intestines
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large
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several hundred different species of bacteria live in the large ______
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intestines
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the bacteria in the large intestines can be _____ or ____. we are not harmed
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commensal
mutualistic |
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most absorption happens in the _____ intestines
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small
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not all water is absorbed; about ____ mL is left per day to be excreted with feces
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200
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______ stimulates greater salt & water absorption
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aldosterone
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The _____ _____ sphincter controls defecation voluntarily
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external anal
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_____ is the largest abdominal organ
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liver
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the liver has amazing regenerative abilities due to _____ of _____
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mitosis
hepatosis |
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the liver is composed of ________ that form hepatic plates seperated by capillaries called ______
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hepatocytes
sinusoids |
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some of the molecules rekeased into the bile are absorbed again in the ____ intestines and returned to the liver.
these molecules are part of __________ |
small
enterohepaticcirculation |
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the liver makes _________ mL of bile per day
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250-1,500
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bile is composed of?
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bile pigments
bile salts phospholipids cholesterol inorganic ions |
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_____ is produced in spleen,liver,and bone marrow
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bilirubin
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conjugated biliruben is secreted into the bile, where it is taken to the _____ intestine
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small
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what makes feces brown?
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bacteria that turns into urobilinogen
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_______ % is absorbed by the intestines and taken back into the liver
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30-50
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____ ____ is made from bile acids conjugated with glycineortaurine
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bile salts
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bile acids are derived from _____
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cholesterol
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the _____ can remove hormones, drugs, and other substances in 3 ways
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liver
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what are the 3 ways the liver removes substances?
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secreted into bile
phagocytized chemically alterd by hepatocytes |
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the _______ stores and concentrates bile from the liver
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gallbladder
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pancreatic juice is bicarb + ___ digestive enzymes
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20
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most ______ _____ are inactive until they reach the small intestine
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pancreatic enzymes
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_______ activates trypsinogen- typsin ( to digest proteins)
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enterokinase
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_____ control modifies GI tract functioning
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neural
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stimulation goes from the brain into organ via the _____ nerve
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vagus
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motility and secretion are somewhat _____
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automatic
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gastric regulation is divided into ___ phases
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3
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what are the three phases of gastric regulation?
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cephalic phase
gastric phase intestinal phase |