Exam 47: The Digestive System

Dr.Jones has just discovered that a patient who suffers from extreme obesity has abnormal levels of two different classes of proteins that regulate appetite.Select the most-likely protein profile for this patient from the above diagram.

After not eating for three days, _____ levels will be high.

A person has his/her gall bladder removed and as a result ______ .

Jane and Tom are worried about their newborn baby who has just begun to nurse, but chokes and turns blue whenever she is fed.Their baby most likely has a defect in her _____.

The number of chylomicrons in lymphatic capillaries of the intestine would be increased by eating _____ .

The arrival of fat-rich chyme to the duodenum stimulates the gall bladder to contract and release _________ into the small intestine.

The gastrointestinal tract does not include the ____.

In the human digestive system, the stomach produces about 2 liters of HCl and other gastric secretions every day.The acid secretion of the stomach

After consuming an antacid like Rolaids, ________.

Langur monkeys and ruminants (such as cows) are the only known mammals in which lysozyme functions in the stomach instead of in tears and saliva.The cow/langur enzyme also has five amino acid changes that are not present in other mammals.What is most likely to be true about lysozyme from langurs and cows compared to lysozyme from other mammals?