Explain how antidiuretic hormone can help regulate an abnormal increase in solute concentration in the extracellular fluid.
What will be an ideal response?
The release of antidiuretic hormone can regulate an increase in solute concentration by causing reabsorption of water by the kidney. With reabsorption, blood water volume increases, decreasing solute concentration.
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A) polysaccharides. B) phospholipids. C) triglycerides. D) steroids. E) monoglycerides.
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A. trypsin in the stomach digesting large proteins into smaller ones. B. synthesizing the enzyme maltase from amino acids. C. amylase in saliva breaking down starch into simple sugars. D. the release of energy by converting ATP into ADP during a metabolic reaction.
Which type of alternative medicine is based on the belief that individuals have an inner force that works to maintain physical, emotional, and mental health?
a. Western herbal medicine b. veterinary botanical medicine c. nutraceutical medicine d. Chinese traditional herbal medicine
Identify the four regions of the colon
A) ileum, cecum, transverse colon, sigmoid colon B) duodenum, jejunum, ileum, cecum C) cardia, pylorus, body, sigmoid colon D) ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon E) cecum, sigmoid colon, rectum, anus