Anatomy

List three hormones, which can regulate kidney, function.

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Explain how loss of blood in the body affects the kidney.

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Pregnancy can cause hemorrhoids.

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Alcoholism is an example of hepatitis from an infectious agent.

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Lithotripsy uses shock waves to smash stones.

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Enzymes can begin to inflame and destroy the pancreas. This condition is called pancreatomegaly.

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Stomach cancer can present as a relatively mild form of indigestion.

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Constipation occurs when the feces move too slowly through the colon. Too much water is reabsorbed ...

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Diarrhea results when the fluid content in the small intestines moves too slowly through the large intestines.

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An enlarged liver is known as hepatomegaly.

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The surgical removal of the gallbladder is a cholecystectomy.

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Colorectal cancer has some genetic predisposition but also appears to be affected by environmental ...

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Peristalsis is the wavelike movement of food through the entire system.

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Removal of the appendix is called appendicitis.

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Helicobacter pylori is a common bacterium that can cause gastritis and gastric ulcers.

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Antacids work to increase the acidity of gastric juices.

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Diarrhea and vomiting are common symptoms of a variety of gastrointestinal disorders.

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Each villus contains a network of capillaries and a lymphatic vessel called a lacteal.

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Bile is involved in the emulsification of fat.

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Both diarrhea and constipation are problems having to do with the speed of materials passing through ...

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The liver produces bile.

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Once pepsinogen makes contact with HCl, the chief digestive enzyme pepsin is formed.

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Pepsiongen is secreted by the parietal cells and HCl is secreted by the chief cells.

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The stomach is divided into three parts: the body, the fundus, and the pylorus.

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In a hiatal hernia, the esophagus passes through the diaphragm muscle.

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