Carbohydrate Digestion and Absorption (Mouth)
What will be an ideal response?
-mechanical digestion
-chemical digestion by salivary amylase (breaks down starch into polysaccharides)
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a. food intake. b. absorption. c. digestion. d. excretion.
Hillary would like to add more soluble fiber to her diet. Which of the following foods should she add?
A. White bread B. Red meats C. Margarine D. Citrus fruits
A patient is taking Simvastatin (Zocor). You recommend:
a. taking medication on an empty stomach b. avoiding grapefruit c. maintaining a consistent amount of dietary sodium d. limiting tyramine-containing foods
Active work increases the amount of water lost from the skin as perspiration and from the lungs when we exhale. Most probably, the body will respond to this increased loss by _____ to maintain water balance
1.increasing kidney output 2.increasing feces output 3.decreasing thirst 4.decreasing kidney output 5.extracting more water from food