a chemical secreted by the gastric glands that allows your body to absorb B12.
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I went to the______ for ___ The ______ of _______ sat next to me Her_______ abdominal Were truly ______And everyone thought __ ___ __! -President Woodrow Wilson
palace, tea, duchess, Windsor, rumblings, phenomenal , it was me
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What are f,l,k and j called collectively?
large intestine
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What stores excess glucose as glycogen?
d. the liver
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What are two vitamins that can be produced by the body as well as be absorbed from food?
vitamin D, K, B12, D and biotin can be made by the body
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What Micro nutrients?
vitamins and minerals, are vital to healthy development, disease prevention, and wellbeing, but only needed in small amounts
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Where are two sources of amylase? What does Amylase do?
Saliva, and the pancrease. Amylase breaks down starch into maltose (poly saccharide into disaccharides)
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What produces bile? Where is it stored?
The liver produces bile (in the sinusoids) and the gall bladder stores it
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What are two functions of bile?
Carry away waste from the liver and to emulsify fats.
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What structure would help you identify tissue from the stomach?
Gastric pits
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What part of the digestive tract absorbs the most nutrients?
small intestine
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What structure has endocrine and exocrine functions?
pancreas
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What contains glands that produce CCK? (Cholecystokinin)
Small intestine, (in response to fatty chyme. Its name means “gallbladder contractor.”)( Chole:bile, cystic:sac, kinen:contract)
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What contains glands that produce secretin? Where does it get secreted into? What does it do?
small intestine (duodenum), it gets secreted into the capillaries in response to acidic chyme.
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Where does the body Interconvert macronutrients based on the body’s needs?
The liver converts the excess nutrients into some other form. (such as fats into phospholipids)