Exam 41: Animal Nutrition

The bile salts ________.

In a hydra, digestion is completed ________.

Jahasz-Pocsine and co-workers found a correlation between gastric bypass surgery and neurological complications. Surgeons performed gastric bypass surgery on 150 patients at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Neurology Clinic. Of the 150 patients, 26 experienced neurological complications related to the surgery. What is the most likely cause for the neurological complications?

The large surface area in the gut directly facilitates ________.

If there is a strong genetic link for type II diabetes mellitus in your family, how might you minimize your risk of developing the disorder?

If you found a vertebrate skull in the woods and the teeth were sharp and scissor-like, what type of food would you expect this animal to eat?

Which of the following organs is correctly paired with its function?

Three groups of cyclists consumed three different types of diets: high-carbohydrate; a diet mixed in carbohydrates, fat, and protein; or a diet higher in protein and fat. The average time each group could spend cycling over a six-hour period is shown in the accompanying graph. What conclusion from the data would help an athlete or trainer improve performance?

A fasting animal whose energy needs exceed those provided in its diet will draw on its stored resources in which order?

If you were to jog 1 km a few hours after lunch, which stored fuel would you probably tap?

Animals cannot produce enzymes to digest cellulose, yet many termite species consume cellulose from plant material as a main part of their diet. How do termites access the nutrients contained in cellulose?

Obesity in humans is most clearly linked to ________.

When the digestion and absorption of organic carbohydrates results in more energy-rich molecules than are immediately required by an animal, the excess is ________.

The following table shows the contents of a multivitamin supplement and its percentage of recommended daily values (% DV). The most likely reason that some of the vitamins and minerals in this supplement are found at less than 100% is that ________.

Nutrient-rich blood from the intestine is carried through the ________ to the liver.

The process of obtaining food is known as ________ and requires specialized feeding mechanisms.

After surgical removal of an infected gallbladder, a person must be especially careful to restrict dietary intake of ________.

Mechanical digestion, the process of breaking down large chunks of food into smaller pieces, is important because smaller pieces of food ________.

An advantage of a complete digestive system over a gastrovascular cavity is that the complete system ________.

Pepsinogen is converted to its active form in the stomach by ________.