Random Questions Flashcards
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What is the correct sequence of the layers of the gastrointestinal tract?
Mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, and serosa
What are the contents of saliva?
Lysozyme, mucus and water.
What are proteins absorbed as in the digestive tract?
Amino acids
Blood flows from the gastrointestinal tract to the liver via the…?
Hepatic portal vein.
Where does bile from the liver and gallbladder empty into?
Duodenum
What part of the gastrointestinal tract has the greatest absorption ?
Small intestine
Where are steroids synthesised from?
Cholesterol
Which lipoprotein transports cholesterol to he peripheral tissue?
Low density lipoprotein.
What molecules are digested by pancreatic lipase?
Lipids
What is folic acid required for?
Synthesis of DNA and RNA.
What does the body use vitamin K for?
Synthesis of clotting factors
In what order does chyme move through the large intestine?
Ascending colon, transverse colon, depending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum, and anus.
Where is the pyloric sphincter located?
In the stomach and duodenum.
What are ligament joints?
Bone to bone
What type of bone is the occipital bone?
Flat bone
What type of drug is able to pass through the blood brain barrier?
Lipid-soluble drugs
The bone cell which maintains the bone matrix is the…?
Osteocytes
Compact bone consist of weight-bearing pillars called…?
Osteons
Activated T cells …?
Destroy cells the harbour viruses
Cancer cells that harbour viruses or bacteria are destroyed by…?
T cells
What are the functions of the gallbladder?
Stores and concentrates bile
What is mass peristalsis?
Strong peristaltic waves beginning in the mid transverse colon to quickly move the contents towards the rectum.
What is the stimulus for mass peristalsis?
The presence of food in the stomach
What is pharmacokinetics?
What the body does to the drug.