Learning Objectives Upon completion of this chapter, the student should be able to answer the following questions: 1. Name the major endocrine glands and their hormonal product or products. 2. Map out and differentiate a simple endocrine negative feedback loop…
Learning Objectives Upon completion of this chapter the student should be able to answer the following questions: 1. How does HCO 3 − operate as a buffer, and why is it an important buffer of the extracellular fluid? 2. How…
Learning Objectives Upon completion of this chapter the student should be able to answer the following questions: 1. How does the body maintain K + homeostasis? 2. What is the distribution of K + within the body compartments? Why is…
Learning Objectives Upon completion of this chapter the student should be able to answer the following questions: 1. Why do changes in water balance result in alterations in the [Na + ] of the extracellular fluid (ECF)? 2. How is…
Learning Objectives Upon completion of this chapter the student should be able to answer the following questions: 1. What three processes are involved in the production of urine? 2. What is the composition of “normal” urine? 3. What transport mechanisms…
Learning Objectives Upon completion of this chapter the student should be able to answer the following questions: 1. Which structures in the glomerulus are filtration barriers to plasma proteins? 2. What is the physiological significance of the juxtaglomerular apparatus? 3.…
Learning Objectives Upon completion of this chapter the student should be able to answer the following questions: 1. How does the liver contribute metabolic, detoxification, and excretory functions that are vital to life? 2. What cell types make up the…
Learning Objectives Upon completion of this chapter the student should be able to answer the following questions: 1. What are the structures of the anatomy of the colon and rectum, and what is the role of the large intestine in…
Learning Objectives Upon completion of this chapter the student should be able to answer the following questions: 1. How are the various components of a mixed meal digested and absorbed in the small intestine? 2. What are the constituents and…
Learning Objectives Upon completion of this chapter the student should be able to answer the following questions: 1. What are the major functions of the monogastric stomach? 2. What are the gross functional regions of the stomach? 3. What is…