What is the greater omentum? where is it and what does it do?please explain human anatomy in detail?
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Please answer the following questions to the best of your abilities. Write complete sentences to clearly communicate your ideas. Do not change the format of the document. Due to the school’s computer systems only Microsoft Word or PDF documents are accepted. Submit the completed assignment by uploading it to blackboard.
1. Explain the concept that muscles can enhance joint stability and at the same joint they can also create instability?
2. Which end of the muscle receives greater force when a muscle contracts? Why?
3. During which type of contraction is the greatest muscle force possible? Why?
4. Describe muscle fiber classification. Provide sample activities for each muscle fiber type.
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Which of the following describes the production of red blood cells?
Select one:
a. The kidneys release erythropoietin which stimulates RBC production.
b. High oxygen levels stimulate the production of more red blood cells.
c. RBC production occurs in the lymph nodes.
d. The production of angiotensinogen is an intermediate step in making more red blood cells.
e. more than one answer is correct
Which of the following does NOT increase venous return to the heart?
Select one:
a. skeletal muscle pump squeezing blood through the veins
b. sympathetic nerve activity causing venous vasoconstriction
c. respiratory pump providing a pressure gradient between the lower veins and the chest veins
d. parasympathetic activity causing venous vasodilation
e. more than one answer applies
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Select one:
a. Saltatory conduction occurs in myelinated nerve fibers.
b. Along any nerve cell membrane in between Schwann cells, action potentials are propagated by contiguous conduction.
c. Saltatory conduction is faster than contiguous conduction.
d. Myelin acts as an insulator to slow down the impulse.
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4. Tell the story of digesting a cheeseburger
The hamburger bun: full of carbohydrates
The burger: full of protein
The cheese: full of lipids (remember the role of various important molecules, e.g. bile salts, chylomicrons, etc.)
For each of the parts of the burger, answer the following questions.
Identify any physical digestion processes
Identify the enzyme(s) used to chemically break down the macromolecule
Identify which organ or cell(s) release that enzyme
Identify where in the alimentary canal each enzyme is secreted into.
Describe how the respective monomer is finally absorbed into the blood stream.
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2. Identify the effects of cholecystokinin on the following components of the digestive system:
a. Smooth muscle in the stomach
b. Acinar cells of the pancreas
c. Smooth muscle in the gallbladder
d. Smooth muscle in the duodenal papilla (sphincter of Oddi)
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1. Identify the effects of the vagus nerve on the following components of the digestive system:
a. Salivary glands
b. Pyloric sphincter (gastric emptying)
c. Smooth muscle in the gallbladder
d. Smooth muscle in the duodenal papilla (sphincter of Oddi)
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Name the two main metabolic mechanisms of heat generation employed below the thermoneutral zone.
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Discuss fluid and electrolyte balance in the human body
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The speed of signal propagation along an axon strongly depends on its two characteristics or parameters. What are they?
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