Structures
This vein carries nutrient-rich blood from the capillaries of the villi to the liver, then to the heart
What is the hepatic portal vein?
This liquid begins the process of breaking down large fat globules
What is bile?
This type of thermoregulation is the least costly in energy
What is ectothermy?
This hormone triggers a feeling of hunger before meals
What is ghrelin?
This organ has an extenstion that is a reservoir for symbiotic microorganisms
What is the cecum?
These structures contain digested fat
What are chylomicrons?
This can be determined by monitoring an animal’s rate of heat loss, the amount of oxygen consumed, or the amount of carbon dioxide produced
What is metabolic rate?
These are the limited energy storage sites in the body
What are glycogen stores?
Secretin and CCK enter the regulation of digestion when acidic chyme enters this organ
What is the duodenum?
These are the first structures of the lymphatic system that digested fats go into
What are lacteals?
When one has this illness, fat becomes the main substrate for cellular respiration
What is diabetes mellitus?
These hormones switch their feedback regulation mechanism after food in the duodenum is neutralized and mostly digested
What are secretin and CCK?
Diarrhea is a symptom of a fault in this process
What is the recovery of water in the large intestine?
This allows for sodium ions to help faciliate glucose cotransport
What is the concentration gradient created by the sodium potassium pump?
These are common necessary characteristics in calculating both BMR and SMR
What are the requirements of fasting and non-stressed animals?
The polymerization of glycogen is carried out after the release of this chemical
What is insulin?