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Microanatomy
What are the normal functions of ...,
What are the 4 phases of nutrient...,
Describe fragmentation
49  cards
Body Fluid Compartments
Name the percentages of water gain,
Name the percentage of water losses,
What is insensible losses of water
64  cards
Metabolism Intro
What is the definition of metabolism,
What is the property of living th...,
Where does the energy on the plan...
13  cards
Biochemistry overview
What does catabolic mean,
What is an anabolic pathway,
Describe how catabolic pathways work
13  cards
The Gut
What does the stomach do,
What does the small intestine do,
What does the large intestine do
37  cards
Gut as an Immune organ
What is the surface area of the skin,
What is the surface area of the m...,
What enlarges the surface area of...
30  cards
Digestion and Absorption
What is the role of the intestina...,
How is the internal epithelial ba...,
What is the functional structure ...
42  cards
Gut Health
What is the role of the gi tract,
Where does sugar fat and protein ...,
Sugar fat and protein digestion o...
75  cards
Gut Motility
What is the gi tract innervated by,
Describe the extrinsic innervatio...,
What makes up the intrinsic enter...
52  cards
Glycolysis and glucose oxidation
Describe what excessive glucose is,
Describe what too little glucose is,
How much of the brain uses glucose
30  cards
Glycogen synthesis and mobilisation
Glycogen is,
What is the two roles of glycogen,
Where is the majority of glycogen...
43  cards
Anterior abdominal wall
What are the three layers of the ...,
What is the three lateral layers ...,
What is the anterior wall in the ...
67  cards
Mouth to Oesophagus
What are the cranial nerves that ...,
How many paired cranial nerves ar...,
What is the role of cranial nerves
56  cards
Gastric secretions
Name the volume of secretions tha...,
What is the function and effect o...,
What is the function and effect o...
57  cards
Liver and Gallbladder
Where is the liver,
What is the blood supply to the l...,
Where does the portal system come...
90  cards
Gluconeogensis
When does gluconeogenesis occur,
What is gluconeogenesis,
What are the substrates that can ...
28  cards
The Blood supply to the gut
What are the 3 unpaired arteries ...,
What supplies the foregut,
What supplies the midgut
37  cards
TCA cycle and ETC
What is the tca cycle,
What does the tca need to function,
What substrates can be used in th...
46  cards
Fat metabolism
Do lipids provide a long term ene...,
Why is triglycerides the ideal fo...,
What is the main storage tissue f...
49  cards
The peritoneum
What are intraperitoneal organs,
What are the intraperiotenal organs,
What are retroperioteonal organs
41  cards
Extremes of Metabolism
What are the two types of muscle ...,
How do fast twitch generate energ...,
What are the divisions of fast tw...
44  cards
Lipoprotein handling
What is triglyceride made out of,
How is a triglyceride made,
Why use free fatty acids as an en...
64  cards
Nitrogen metabolism
Is there a store of nitrogen in t...,
When does positive nitrogen balan...,
When does negative nitrogen balan...
38  cards
Imaging of the gut
What is the gi tract function,
What is the problem with imaging,
What are the different types of e...
14  cards
Micronutrients
What are micronutrients made out of,
What are micronutrients,
Role of micronutrients
95  cards
Metabolic insight from genetic diseases
In newborn screening what are the...,
What are inherited metabolic dise...,
What an inherited metabolic disea...
48  cards

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