The major chemical digestive activity occurring in the stomach is digestion of
a. starch
b. protein
c. fat
d. disaccharides
e. vitamins
B
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The conjunctiva that lines the internal surface of the eyelids is termed the ________ conjunctiva.
A. ocular B. epithelial C. retinal D. visceral E. palpebral
When piercing a peripheral nerve with a recording microelectrode, the structure encountered by the electrode after penetration of the connective tissue of the epineurium is the:
a. Endoneurium b. Myelin sheath c. Perineurium d. Plasma membrane of an axon e. Schwann cell nucleus
When epiblast cells travel through the primitive streak and underneath the epiblast layer, that movement is described as
A. capacitation. B. invagination. C. chemotaxation. D. cleavage.
One reason that pregnant women's metabolic rates change is that the placenta secretes
A. prolactin, which lowers metabolic rate so that nutrients can be stored in milk. B. human chorionic thyrotropin, which stimulates the thyroid gland and raises metabolic rate. C. human chorionic somatomammotropin, which inhibits fatty acid metabolism and lowers metabolic rate. D. human placental lactogen, which stimulates glycolysis and raises metabolic rate. E. human chorionic gonadotropin, which stimulates metabolism of glucose and raises metabolic rate.