The ________ collects blood from the entire small intestine and two-thirds of the large intestine
A) celiac trunk
B) hepatic portal vein
C) splenic vein
D) gastric vein
E) superior mesenteric vein
E
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The type of neuronal circuit in which several nerve impulses come together at a single postsynaptic neuron is a _____________ circuit
A. converging B. diverging C. reverberating D. parallel-after-discharge E. None of the choices is correct.
Which of the following nerves arising from the lumbosacral plexuses are the largest and longest peripheral nerves in the body?
A) femoral nerves B) obturator nerves C) pudendal nerves D) sciatic nerves
Sympathetic stimulation of the kidney can do all of the following except
A) produce powerful vasoconstriction of the afferent arterioles. B) increase the glomerular filtration rate. C) trigger renin release. D) produce renal ischemia. E) reduce blood flow to kidneys.
The medullary cavity of a long bone is lined with
A) periosteum. B) endosteum. C) lacunae. D) lamellae. E) osteon.