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2024 CPPS 303 - Reproduction 5 ( Birth (Parturition) and Lactation ) Complete Questions & Answers (Solved) 100% Correct 1. Releasing arachidonic acid Answer: 1 Direct pathway (PLA2) 3 indirect pathways (PLC²) 2. Direct Pathway of Releasing arachidonic acid (AA) Answer: 1) Agonist bindsto GPCRand activates PLA2 (Phospholipase A2) 2) PLA2 can breakdown membrane phospholipids into AA 3. 1st Indirect pathways of releasing arachidonic acid (AA) Answer: 1) Agonist binds toGPCR and activ...

2024 CPPS 303 - Pancreas and Glucose Metabolism New Full Questions and Answers ( Included ) 100% Correct 1. What type of gland is the pancreas? Answer: the endocrine and exocrineBo 2. Almost all pancreatic cells are found in clusters known as? Answer: Acini 3. What are among the acini? Answer: Islets of Langerhands or pancreatic islets (endocrine cells) which make up 1-2% of pancreatic mass 4. What is the humoral way of communication within islets? Answer: The blood supplyofthe isle...

2024 CPPS 303 - Thyroid Function New Full Questions and Answers ( Included ) 100% Correct 1. What is the thyroid gland? Answer: a large ductless gland in the neck that secreteshormones regulating growth and development through the rate of metabolism. 2. Where isthe thyroid gland located? Answer: Anteriorsurface of the trachea, composedof left and right lobes and a small connecting branch or isthmus 3. Does the size of the gland depend on factors? Answer: Yes, hereditary, environmenta...

2024 CPPS 303 - Fertilization and Pregnancy New Full Questions and Answers ( Included ) 100% Correct 1. Where does fertilization occur? Answer: In the ampulla, the upper third of the fallopiantube or the oviduct 2. What must sperm undergo for fertilization to occur in the female reproductive tract? Answer: capacitation (further maturation) 3. What is capacitation? Answer: A physiological process by which spermatozoa acquirethe ability to penetrate the zona pellucida of the ovum 4. ...

2024 CPPS 303 - Adipose Tissue 2 Complete Questions & Answers (Solved) 100% Correct 1. What do adipocytes and other cells in adipose tissue secrete? Answer: numerousproteins, lipids and nucleic acids 2. What are adipokines? Answer: regulatory peptides 3. What are lipokines? Answer: regulatory lipid species 4. What processes do the proteins, lipids and nucleic acids secreted by adipocytes regulate or modulate? Answer: lipid and glucose homeostasis, energy balance, inflammation and tis...

2024 CPPS 303 - Lipids 9 ( Glucose Lipid Related Metabolic Disorders ) Pt.1 Complete Questions & Answers (Solved) 100% Correct

2024 CPPS 303 - Coupling of Nutrient Digestion & Absorption New Full Questions and Answers ( Included ) 100% Correct 1. Can ingested food be readily absorbed? Answer: No 2. What Macro-nutrients require to be broken down (digested) by digestive enzymes into manageable size before they can be absorbed? Answer: Carbohydrates Proteins Lipids 3. What doesthe process of digesting macro-nutrientsrequire? Answer: A very specificdigestion-absorption coupling mechanism 4. A specific enzyme i...

2024 CPPS 303 - Intestinal Fluid and Electrolyte New Full Questions and Answers ( Included ) 100% Correct 1. What is the average input of oral intake per day? Answer: 2L (food & fluid intake) 2. What is the average daily output of salivary gland secretions Answer: 1.5 L 3. What is the average daily output of gastric secretions? Answer: 2.0L 4. What is the average daily output of pancreatic secretions? Answer: 1.5L 5. What is the average daily output of bile secretions? Answer: 0.5L ...