Certain types of fibers and complex proteins that are degraded by GI bacteria are called ____.

Certain types of fibers and complex proteins that are degraded by GI bacteria are called ____.
 
  a. prebiotics
  b. probiotics
  c. postbiotics
  d. symbiotics
  e. abiotics

Q. 2

What is the function of hydrochloric acid and why is it necessary in the process of digestion?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Q. 3

What is the first major organ to receive nutrients that are absorbed into the lymph?
 
  a. Liver
  b. Heart
  c. Spleen
  d. Pancreas
  e. Gallbladder

Q. 4

Which vehicle conducts lymph into the vascular system?
 
  a. Villi
  b. Mesentery
  c. Subclavian vein
  d. Common bile duct
  e. Thoracic duct

Q. 5

What is the general composition of lymph?
 
  a. A light-red fluid that stores fat-soluble vitamins
  b. A transparent yellowish fluid that contains no red blood cells or platelets
  c. A white fluid that contains probiotics and appears at the site of infections
  d. A greenish fluid that contains abundant platelets and water-soluble vitamins
  e. A viscous, red fluid that contains vitamins and minerals

Q. 6

Exchange of oxygen, nutrients, and waste materials takes place across the walls of small vessels called ____.
 
  a. ducts
  b. venules
  c. arterioles
  d. capillaries
  e. lymphatics

Q. 7

What is the most metabolically active organ?
 
  a. Liver
  b. Spleen
  c. Stomach
  d. Pancreas
  e. Brain

Q. 8

The hepatic portal vein empties into the ____.
 
  a. liver
  b. heart
  c. pancreas
  d. hepatic vein
  e. spleen