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Most digestion and absorption in the small intestine occurs in which segment?

Osmolarity of the renal medulla increases with proximity to the renal papilla (as you move towards the middle).

Identify 4 functions of the urinary system in addition to filtering blood plasma to eliminate cellular waste (4 other things it does).

Exam 4 must be completed by 11:59pm on [exam4_due] (##/##/## format please).

There is no good cancer but pancreatic cancer has a very unfavorable prognosis.  In terms of the digestive system, what are the consequences of loss of function of the pancreas? (do not discuss insulin as we have not not discussed that yet- do list the 4 things that would not happen without a pancreas- you need to give pancreas specific answers and you would get, sick, die, be sad may all be true are not addressing the intent of the question )

Which of the following is NOT a property of the urinary bladder?

Use the following diagram to answer question 20 (and it might help you for 13 above).

The primary function of the cortical nephrons is water reabsorption which is why they are the most numerous type of nephron.

If you looked at the efferent arteriole immediately after the glomerulus (filtration has just occurred) which substance would expect to find in abundance the blood plasma?

In the diagram above, F,G,H,I, and J represent some developmental embryonic stages.  The egg is fertilized in the fallopian tube at D, the [infundibulum] of the fallopian tube. Having just been fertilized but not yet divided, J would indicate the [zygote] stage of development. After 5 successive cell division the embryo is solid ball of 32 cells called a [morula] (H).After two more divisions (G), the embryo begins developing into a hollow ball of cells and is considered a/an [early_blastocyst].  Implantation into the [endometrium] of the uterus occurs at F, the [late_blastocyst] stage.