GI Functions
Where is bile stored?
What is the Gallbladder
Risk for this type of cancer that is associated with the GI tract is reduced with physical activity?
What is colon cancer
What structure allows the passage of food from the esophagus into the stomach
What is the Esophageal Sphincter
What level of exercise intensity is considered optimal in supporting renal health?
What is moderate intensity
This acts as a funnel for urine flowing to the ureter.
What is the Renal Pelvis
This hormone causes the stomach to produce gastric acid (HCI) for dissolving, digesting some foods, and gastric motility.
What is Gastrin.
Sympathetic stimulation relaxes the GI tract and physical activity is effective in reducing ___.
What is constipation
What structure contains protein-digesting enzymes and HCL acid to aid in digestion
What is the Stomach
What hormone is produced when the kidney is subjected to hypoxia?
What is Erythropoietin (EPO)
The network of capillaries that begins the filtration of blood.
What is the Distal Tubule
What systems main function is to coordinate food transit through the gut and trigger the proper hormones & enzymes for digestion?
What is the Enteric Nervous System
Women take _ times as long as men for solids to leave the stomach.
What is 2.
What divides the stomach from the duodenum?
What is the Pyloric Sphincter
Absorption of what cation is increased during exercise to account for its loss from sweating?
What is Na+ (sodium)
The fibrous tissue surrounding the kidney.
What is a capsule
What macronutrient is broken down the quickest?
What are Carbohydrates
Women take _ times as long as men for liquids to leave the stomach.
What is ⅓.
Where most chemical digestion takes place, regulates stomach emptying via hormone pathways
What is the Duodenum
What increases in response to an increase in plasma renin during exercise?
What is Angiotensin II
What gathers filtrate from the Glomerulus?
What is Bowman's Capsule
What is produced in the GI tract in response to food and inhibits appetite?
What is Peptide YY
When body core temperature increases, gastric emptying rate ____.
What is decreases.
What structure extracts H2O and Na+ from solid waste before they are eliminated?
What is the large intestine
What mineralocorticoid is secreted by the adrenal medulla during and in anticipation of exercise?
What is Aldosterone
What reabsorbs Na+, H20, and organic solutes?
What is the Proximal Tubule