Mixes food with bile and pancreatic juice. Final enzymatic breakdown of food molecules, main site of nutrient absorption.

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Small Intestine

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Reabsorption of nutrients like glucose and amino acids takes place in the proximal convoluted tubule (PCT) via cotransporters that utilize secondary active transport

Which of the following would stop the reabsorption of glucose at the apical surface of the cells in the PCT? A) loss of Na+-K+ ATPase in the basolateral surface of PCT cells B) loss of K+ leak channels at the apical surface C) increasing Na+ concentration in the filtrate D) increasing Na+ in the interstitial fluid

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What area in the figure represents a very deep exhalation, much greater than the tidal volume?

a) C b) H c) D d) B e) G

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Which of the following are limitations of DNA polymerase?

It can only add bases to the exposed 3' end of a pre-existing strand. It can only replicate the leading strand. It can only replicate the lagging strand. None of the choices are correct.

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Contraction of the atria of the heart leads to blood moving directly

a) into auricles. b) into arteries. c) into veins d) through atrioventricular valves e) through semilunar valves.

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