Question 1: The hormone ________ also causes bicarbonate to be released into the small intestine from the pancreas in order to neutralize the potentially harmful acid coming from the stomach. | |||
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Question 2: Obstruction by masses in the lumen (foreign bodies, ________, gallstones) | |||
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Question 3: How do you write Small intestine in latin?
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Question 4: ________ is absorbed by active transport and glucose and amino acid co-transport. | |||
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Question 5: The three major classes of nutrients that undergo digestion are proteins, lipids (fats) and ________: | |||
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Question 6: The length of the small intestine is typically longer in tetrapods than in teleosts, but is especially so in herbivores, as well as in mammals and birds, which have a higher metabolic rate than ________ or reptiles. | |||
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Question 7: ________ 26 cm (9.8 in) in length | |||
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Question 8: Some ________ are degraded into simple sugars, or monosaccharides (e.g., glucose). | |||
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Question 9: In vertebrates, the small intestine is the part of the gastrointestinal tract (gut) following the stomach and followed by the large intestine, and is where the vast majority of ________ and absorption of food takes place. | |||
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Question 10: The function of the plicae circulares, the villi and the microvilli is to increase the amount of surface area available for the absorption of ________. | |||
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