Nutrient-rich blood from the digestive tract comes to the liver by way of the
A. hepatic artery.
B. hepatic portal vein.
C. hepatic vein.
D. inferior vena cava.
E. celiac trunk.
B
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which of the light micrographs in the figure below shows a stratified cuboidal epithelium?
a) B b) C c) D d) E e) F
Indicate which is the proper sequence of blood flow through the circulatory system
1 . right atrium 2 . left atrium 3 . right ventricle 4 . left ventricle 5 . pulmonary artery 6 . pulmonary vein 7 . lungs 8 . systemic tissues 9 . aorta 10 . vena cava a. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 b. 10-2-4-5-7-6-1-3-9-8 c. 10-1-3-5-7-6-2-4-9-8 d. 10-1-2-3-4-5-7-6-9-8 e. none of these answers.
In anticipation for a medical school swimming party, a 60-year-old male professor squeezes into last year's bikini bathing suit despite gaining 25 lb over the winter. Following a day of "impressing" his students and colleagues, he notices numbness, tingling, and a burning sensation in the lateral aspect of his left upper thigh. His symptoms are exacerbated by applying pressure near the left anterior superior iliac spine. What nerve is most likely affected?
(A) Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (B) Femoral branch of genitofemoral nerve (C) Anterior cutaneous branches of femoral nerve (D) Ilioinguinalnerve (E) Iliohypogastric nerve