BIOS 256 All Discussions Week 1 - 8 (Bundle)

The digestive system is composed of two parts: the alimentary canal and the accessory digestive structures. These two parts of the system work together to break down food into absorbable units and eliminate the non-digested material as feces. Let's begin by identifying each of the organs in the ali...

1. Provide a detailed description of the path of chyme, and later feces, from the duodenum to the anus, identifying the different portions of the small and large intestines. 2. Describe 2 important functions of the small intestine. 3. Describe 2 important functions of the large intestine 4. Dive...

Peptic Ulcer Disease: A Case on the Digestive System It’s Friday morning and Sal Volpe is sitting in Dr. Lorraine’s exam room, dozing after another night of disrupted sleep. When the doctor knocks and walks in, she finds the 66-year-old man looking exhausted and uncomfortable. Sal gets to t...

1: A nutrient is a substance in food that is used by the body to promote normal growth, maintenance, and repair. During metabolism, substances inside body cells are constantly built up or broken down. Please define and do comparison of glycogenesis, glycogenolysis, gluconeogenesis, and lipogenesis. ...

What is Glomerular Filtration? How is the Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) determined? What regulatory mechanisms help control and stabilize GFR?

Explain what is meant by the terms fluid balance, electrolyte balance, and acid-base balance, anddiscuss their importance for homeostasis. List the most frequent threats to acid-base balance andexplain how the body responds when the pH of body fluids varies outside normal limits.

What are the major differences and similarities between the male and female reproductive systems? Which structures are homologous vs which structures are derived from the same embryonic tissues?

3 major prenatal period: - • Germinal period • Embryonic period • Fetal period 1) Germinal period: - this is for 2 weeks. Zygote forms after fertilization which after passing through fallopian tube, get implanted on uterus. 2) embryonic period: - this is from 3 weeks to 8 weeks. Most ma...

Congratulations on successfully finishing the last of the A&P series! Over the course of the last eight weeks we've discussed the anatomy and physiology of the Digestive, Urinary, and Reproductive systems. We also discussed nutrition, metabolism, human development, and genetics. And since we began ...