Assume you have been chewing a piece of bread for 5 or 6 minutes. How would you expect its molecular chemistry to change during this time? Why?
What will be an ideal response
The bread will begin to change as some of the starch is broken down into the sugar maltose due to the chemical digestion of carbohydrates by salivary amylase.
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A. Factor III combines with factor VII. B. Factor XII converts inactive factor XI to active factor XI. C. Prothrombin is activated to thrombin. D. Calcium combines with factor IX.
Information about the region and the intensity of stimulation is relayed to the CNS over which cranial nerve?
A) V B) VII C) VI D) VIII
Expanded blood volume stimulates stretch receptors in the atria of the heart, causing increased secretion of ________.
A. parasympathetic antagonists B. aldosterone C. atrial natriuretic peptide D. epinephrine
The humerus is an example of a(n) ________ bone
A) long B) short C) flat D) irregular E) sesamoid