Respiratory
The amount of air that can be forced out after tidal volume is known as ________.
What is expiratory reserve volume?
The measurement from the very top of the spirogram to the very bottom of the spirogram represents ____________.
What is total lung capacity?
The loops of Henle in justamedullary nephrons penetrate deep into the ___________ of the kidney which is in contrast to cortical nephrons.
What is medulla?
T/F: The liver has amazing regenerative capabilities due to the mitosis of hepatocytes.
What is true?
T/F: Skeletal muscle contractions in the smooth intestine occur automatically due to endogenous pacemaker activity
What is false?
During this action, intrapulmonary pressure is greater than atmospheric pressure.
What is exhalation?
The substance made in the liver and stored in the gallbladder that helps with digestion and absorption in fats, which are normally insoluble in water, is ________.
What is bile?
The part of the nephron that is responsible for filtration is the _____________.
What is the glomerulus?
These protrusions of the small intestine allows for the increased absorption of nutrients.
What are microvilli and villi?
This is the phase of the digestive tract regulation that is responsible for secretion of HCl and pepsin.
What is gastric phase?
These cells make up the majority of the alveolar total surface area and are responsible for gas exchange.
What are Type I alveolar cells?
In _______________ respiratory disorders, the ratio of FEV1/FVC may be reduced but FEV1 is generally normal.
What is restrictive?
The volume of filtrate produced by both kidneys per minute is known as ___________. We cannot know the exact number, so we estimate this measurement.
What three enzymes make up the majority of pancreatic juice?
What are pancreatic amylase, trypsin, and lipase?
____________ cells secrete HCl in the stomach, while ___________ cells are responsible for the secretion of pepsinogen.
What are parietal; chief (zygomatic) cells?
Surfactant __________ surface tension preventing the collapse of alveoli.
What is reduces?
The _________ tubule reabsorbs most of the filtered salt and water, in addition to all glucose, amino acids, and other mineral salts.
What is the proximal convuluted?
Defects in the slit diaphragm lead to presentation of what solutes in urine?
What are proteins?
What is the jejunum?
The ____________ nervous system is responsible for the stimulation of contraction of sphincters in the GI tract.
What is sympathetic?
Fick's law of diffusion states that the rate of diffusion between the alveoli and capillaries is ____________ related to barrier thickness.
What is inversely?
Inspiration occurs because of the ____________ of the diaphragm.
What is contraction?
_______ is a hormone that increases sodium reabsorption and potassium secretion by the kidney.
What is aldosterone?
Other than storage of feces and the production of vitamins, the major role of the large intestine is to __________.
What is absorb water and electrolytes?
The ___________ sphincter is muscular valve that opens to allow food to pass from the stomach to the top of the small intestine, while the ___________ sphincter is responsible for preventing the backflow of reflux contents from the stomach into the esophagus.