Reference no: EM133291524

1. You have a big meal and it takes a while to eat. About 30 minutes into the meal, you begin to feel full. You know that the food in your stomach is probably moving into the small intestine by now. Which hormone makes you feel this way when the duodenum stretches due to filling?

A. thyroid hormone

B. ghrelin

C. glucagon

D. cholecystokinin (CKK)

E. neuropeptide Y

2. About 5000 babies a year are born with Hirschsprung disease. These babies are missing the myenteric plexus in the last portion of their large intestine. Without these cells, the babies

A. cannot move feces through their rectum (constipated).

B. don't make mucus and defecation is painful.

C. have no healthy gut bacteria.

D. can't make vitamin D.

E. don't fully digest their foods.

3. If a person has a genetic mutation that blocks melanocortin receptors from binding to melanocortin, what would you expect?

A. T his person would die at a young age.

B. This person would be obese.

C. This person would not be able to make any lipids.

D. This person would be thirsty all the time.

E. This person would be underweight.

4. I love ice cream! A couple hours after having a scoop of mint chocolate chip, you would expect less LDLs in my bloodstream.

A. a decrease in HDLs in my bloodstream.

B. my adipocytes to secrete fatty acids.

C. more chylomicrons in my bloodstream.

D. my liver to go through gluconeogenesis.

5. In the middle of the night, your blood sugar goes lower because you haven't eaten for hours. Which activity would your liver undergo in response to this?

A. lipogenesis

B. glycogenesis

C. glycogenolysis

D. glycolysis

E. protein translation