Digestion and Excretion

This class was created by Brainscape user Rachel Sampson. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

Decks in this class (22)

Introduction to the GIT
What type of cells are found in t...,
Name the four layers of the git s...,
What is the extrinsic innervation...
8  cards
Salivary glands and Swallowing
What is mastication governed by,
What is cpg,
What muscle s are involved in clo...
17  cards
Swallowing and Stomach Histology
Define peristalsis,
What muscles are involved in peri...,
How is primary peristalsis in the...
41  cards
Regulation of acid production and motility
What are the 3 different types of...,
What are the 3 types of gastric a...,
What does sight smell and taste t...
25  cards
Pancreatic Secretions and Spleen
What does the pancreas develop from,
Name the parts of the dorsal panc...,
Name the parts of the ventral pan...
40  cards
Liver Physiology Bile and Jaundice
What are the functions of the liver,
What is the role of the portal vein,
What does capillary bed 1 do
46  cards
Small Intestine secretions and GI motility
What are the 3 surface area adapt...,
Where are the microvilli found,
What are the different cell types...
24  cards
Digestion and Absorption
What is paracellular transport,
What is transcellular transport,
What is glucose
37  cards
Colonic Motility and Defacation
What are two histological feature...,
What does the colon absorb,
What does the colon secrete
36  cards
Microflora and Mucosal Immune System
What are the 3 git immune barriers,
Where are the highest numbers of ...,
What are 3 functions of microbial...
31  cards
Metabolism and Obesity
How is cholesterol delivered to t...,
How is excess cholesterol removed...,
Where are the two ways that carbo...
24  cards
Renal Function
What are the 6 functions of the k...,
What are the 3 distinct regions o...,
Where are arcuate arteries and ve...
16  cards
Ureters, urinary bladder and micturition
What are three basic renal processes,
Where are the major and minor cal...,
What is the role of the major and...
38  cards
Water, fluids, spaces and compartments
What are the two primary fluid co...,
What three compartments make up t...,
Define oedema
34  cards
Glomerular Filtration and Renal Clearance
What is the selectively of the fi...,
What is the capillary endothelium...,
What is the basement membrane mad...
33  cards
Proximal Tubular reabsorption and secretion
Where is the pct mainly found,
What increases surface area for r...,
What does the proximal tubule rea...
39  cards
Renal diluting segments and collecting systems
Where on the nephron is water per...,
Where on the nephron is water imp...,
Where is permeability to water re...
30  cards
Mechanisms of Urine conc. and dilution
Why does water diffuse passively ...,
What feature of juxtamedullary ne...,
How is hypoosmotic urine produced
23  cards
Osmoregulation
What are the 3 big picture goals ...,
What receptors regulate water exc...,
Where are osmoreceptors found
21  cards
Extracellular fluid volume and sodium balance
How is ecf volume regulated,
What is the effective circulating...,
What is ecv monitored by
41  cards
Potassium homeostasis: renal contribution
How is the large k difference acr...,
What 3 cell functions is k critic...,
What 4 things alter plasma k
31  cards
Calcium and phosphate homeostasis: renal contribution
What 3 organ systems are involved...,
What 3 things regulate calcium an...,
Where is most of the calcium stor...
30  cards

More about
Digestion and Excretion

  • Class purpose General learning

Learn faster with Brainscape on your web, iPhone, or Android device. Study Rachel Sampson's Digestion and Excretion flashcards now!

How studying works.

Brainscape's adaptive web mobile flashcards system will drill you on your weaknesses, using a pattern guaranteed to help you learn more in less time.

Add your own flashcards.

Either request "Edit" access from the author, or make a copy of the class to edit as your own. And you can always create a totally new class of your own too!

What's Brainscape anyway?

Brainscape is a digital flashcards platform where you can find, create, share, and study any subject on the planet.

We use an adaptive study algorithm that is proven to help you learn faster and remember longer....

Looking for something else?

Transportation And Excretion
  • 5 decks
  • 110 flashcards
  • 1 learners
Decks: Circulatory System Blood And Blood Vesse, Circulatory Blood Vessels And Heart, Circulatory System Heart, And more!
Digestion And Metabolism
  • 57 decks
  • 1387 flashcards
  • 3 learners
Decks: Glycolysis And Ppp, Development Of Gi System, Reactions Of Glycolysis Parts 1 And 2, And more!
Muscles and Excretion
  • 3 decks
  • 56 flashcards
  • 1 learners
Decks: Muscles, Excretion, Structure Of Excretory System, And more!
Make Flashcards