GI and metabolism

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Artificial feeding
What percentage of patients are m...,
What percentage of patients are m...,
Effects of poor nutrition mortality
17  cards
Eating disorders
What are the four main eating dis...,
What do eating disorders have in ...,
What are the diagnostic features ...
12  cards
Intro to GI physiology
How long are the pharynx oesophag...,
How long is the small bowel,
How long is the large bowel
24  cards
Obesity
How does obesity prevalence chang...,
Describe the trends in obesity by...,
How do trends in waist circumfere...
9  cards
Mouth and swallowing
What is the function of the hard ...,
Why are the canine teeth also kno...,
What function do the canines serve
27  cards
Chewing, tasting and swallowing.
What are the main muscles of mast...,
Name the muscles involved in clos...,
What is the main role of the medi...
34  cards
The stomach
What are the functions of the sto...,
Name some notable compounds absor...,
Describe the muscular layers of t...
28  cards
Dyspepsia and peptic ulcers
What is dyspepsia,
What percentage of gastric ulcers...,
What percentage of duodenal ulcer...
15  cards
The small intestine.
Describe the functions of villi a...,
Where would you find brush border...,
What is the function of brush bor...
48  cards
GI secretions: liver and pancreas
Which hormone stimulates the rela...,
What is the ampulla of vater,
Where is cholecystokinin produced...
26  cards
Malabsorption
What is the definition of malabso...,
What is intraluminal digestion,
What is terminal digestion
50  cards
The large intestine
What are haustra,
What are the taenia coli,
How does the iliocaecal valve fun...
21  cards
GI immunology
List the pattern recognition rece...,
What are prrs,
What are the two main groups of prrs
25  cards
Introduction to metabolism
What is anabolism,
What is catabolism,
What are the four phases of metab...
31  cards
Post-absorption processing of carbohydrates
Why is fructose suitable for use ...,
What are the possible fates of gl...,
What is a healthy blood glucose c...
22  cards
Post-absorption processing of fats.
Cholesterol is a precursor for,
Where are chylomicrons formed whe...,
How do fatty acids arrive at peri...
24  cards
Inflammatory bowel disease
What are the two diagnoses that f...,
What is the age range for ibd,
Describe the process of early gut...
33  cards
Structure and function of liver
What is the blood supply to the l...,
What is a lobule,
What lies at the angle of each lo...
39  cards
Post-absorption processing of proteins
What does the human body do with ...,
What can histidine be synthesised to,
Which amino acid is used in the s...
44  cards
Mitochondrial synthesis of ATP: Kreb's cycle and oxidative phosphorylation.
At what level does blood glucose ...,
How much atp does the average hum...,
What is the average turnover of a...
34  cards
Liver disease
What are the principle functions ...,
What are the functions of bile,
What are the four common clinical...
11  cards
Acute regulation of glucose
Within what range must plasma glu...,
Which of the glucose transporters...,
Which of the glut transporters is...
35  cards
Metabolic rate, growth and disease.
What is the effect of growth horm...,
Why is there no change in stature...,
What is the effect of excess grow...
29  cards
Obesity and the metabolic syndrome
Where are the hunger and satiety ...,
Where is ghrelin produced,
What is the signal for ghrelin re...
18  cards
Diabetes
What is the definition of diabetes,
What are the presenting features ...,
What is the prevelance of tidm
32  cards

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