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Which of the following enzymes functions at the lowest PH?
Pepsin
All of the following nutrients are absorbed by blood capillaries of the villus except?
Fat
The absorption of ___ depends on presence of Vitamin D?
Calcium
Most of the water entering the digestive tract each day comes from?
Gastro Intestinal Secretion
The small intestine is suspended from the dorsal body wall by?
Mesentery
What nutrient is recommended to have more of each day?
Carbohydrates
Next to water, the most abundant substance in cow's milk is?
Lactose
The most significant product of the ornithine cycle is?
Urea
A gram of fat has about ____ the calories of a gram of starch
Twice
Eicosanoids and bile salt are made from which of the following nutrients?
Fats and Lipids
Glucostats are cells located in?
Hypothalamus
What are the macronutrients
Fats, starch, proteins, carbohydrates, water, lipids, and minerals
When fats are incompletely oxidized, they yield ___, which may cause acidosis
Ketone
Our need for ____ is met partly by our own intestinal bacteria
Magonese
What are all the vitamins?
A,K,B,D,E
The coenzymes of aerobic respiration are synthesized from?
B vitamins
The conversion of amino acids to glucose is called?
Gluconeogenesis
What are the functions of the liver?
Secretion of bile, produce urea clotting factor
The synthesis and storage of triglycerides is called?
Lipogenesis
What are Ketone bodies?
B-Hydroxybutyric acid
The basal metabolic rate should be measured when a person?
Is comfortable in a post absorptive state,12-14 hrs after last meal
The loss of body heat by conduction can be enhanced by?
Convection
A blood PH below 7.35 is called ____
Acidosis
What are Aquaporins?
Water channel proteins
Excessive ADH secretion is most likely to produce?
Hypotonic hydration
The____ is a serous membrane that extends from the lesser curvature of the stomach to the liver?
Lesser Omentum
Pepsin is produced from a zymogen called ____
Pepsinogen
Each hepatic lobule consists of plates of epithelial cells radially arranged around a blood vessel called the ________
Central Vein
The duodenal hormone_____ stimulates the liver and pancreas to secrete bicarbonate?
Secretion
The partially digested slurry that passes from the stomach into the small intestine is called _______
Chime