The major regulatory factor controlling sodium and chloride balance in the body is the bicarbonate-carbonic acid system.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 2After surgery, the physician ordered Tina to be put on a clear liquid diet. The first food Tina would receive could be ____.
A) bread
B) eggs
C) gelatin
D) milk
Q. 3After sitting through a 2-hour math lecture, your stomach is growling. You have just learned about surface area and its role in mathematics. Your classmate points out that surface area is also integral to the absorption of nutrients due to the ____.
A) protective effect of the gastric mucosa
B) relatively large size of digested protein molecules
C) enormous number of villi and microvilli in the small intestine
D) presence of both circular and longitudinal muscles in the GI tract
Q. 4In the kidneys, 80 of plasma that does not enter the glomerulus flows through the afferent arterioles.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 5Which food could be included in a clear liquid diet?
A) cream of potato soup
B) tea
C) ice cream
D) orange juice
Q. 6Intestinal cells absorb nutrients by ____.
A) diffusion only
B) active transport only
C) active transport and diffusion only
D) active transport, diffusion, and facilitated diffusion
Q. 7Stimulation of reabsorption of water in the kidneys is mediated by angiotensin I.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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