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The esophagous is a flattened muscular tube approximately ___ cm in length in adults. (Basics)
Answer-25 cm
The stomach has a ph between __ and __. (Basics) Answer-1.5 and 3.5
Length small intestine in adults (Basics) Answer-5 m
HMX Pharmacology; Questions & Answers
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The esophagous is a flattened muscular tube approximately ___ cm in length in adults. (Basics)
Answer-25 cm
The stomach has a ph between __ and __. (Basics) Answer-1.5 and 3.5
Length small intestine in adults (Basics) Answer-5 m
The large intestine is a tube about ___ m in length in adults. (Basics) Answer-1.5 m
Oral medication: A ___ is a liquid mixture that contains small, solid drug particles floating inside.
(Basics) Answer-Suspension
Oral medication: A __ is a liquid mixture in which the drug particles are fully dissolved in a
solvent. (Basics) Answer-Solution
An __ is a drug dissolved in an alcohol. an elixir is a drug dissolved in an alcohol. (Basics)
Answer-Elixir
A __ is a drug dissolved in a sugar based liquid. (Basics) Answer-Syrup
The __ is the circulation of blood from the abdominal organs to the liver, which detoxifies
substances entering the body from the GI tract. (Basics) Answer-portal circulation
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This portal circulation passes from the veins surrounding the GI tract into the__, which delivers
blood to the liver. Finally, the veins draining the liver deliver blood into the hepatic vein which
returns the blood, via the ___, to the heart and eventually into the systemic circulation. (Basics)
Answer-hepatic portal vein/ inferior vena cava
A chemical reaction where two molecules covalently join, resulting in the loss of a small
molecule of water. (Basics) Answer-condensation reaction
A chemical reaction where a molecule of water is incorporated into another molecule, which is
consequently split into two parts. (Basics) Answer-hydrolisis reaction
Hydrolysis reactions are catalyzed by a broad class of enzymes called hydrolases, which includes
__, __, __ (Basics) Answer-lipases, proteases, and nucleases.
A chemical reaction in which a small, polar, endogenous molecule is joined to another molecule.
(Basics) Answer-conjugation
Reduction and oxidation reactions involve the transfer of electrons. In __ reaction , a molecule
loses electrons (Basics) Answer-oxidation
Reduction and oxidation reactions involve the transfer of electrons. In __ reaction, a molecule
gains electrons (Basics) Answer-reduction
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The cells that line the intestines are referred to as the__ which have a specialized role in the
absorption of nutrients (Basics) Answer-intestinal epithelial cells
The kidneys filter the blood and produce a __ which is similar in composition to plasma. It is this
filtrate that will, after modification by the functional units of the kidneys, form the urine.
(Basics) Answer-filtrate
One of the main difference between the plasma and the filtrate is that the filtrate has no __
since they are too large to pass from the plasma to the filtrate when blood is filtered in the
kidneys (Basics) Answer-proteins
Nephores are between the __ and the __ of the kidney (Basics) Answer-cortex and the
medula
On avarage there are __ nephrones per kidney per adult (Basics) Answer-1,400, 000
The plasma enters the nephron through the __ (Basics) Answer-afferent arteriole
All filtrate from the nephron will eventually be transported through the collecting duct into the
__, which drains the filtrate out of the kidney into the ureter. (Basics) Answer-renal pelvis
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