Regulating Digestion and Energy
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Which division of the nervous system helps to regulate the digestive process?

  • Enteric division (correct)
  • Autonomic division
  • Central division
  • Peripheral division

    • How does the endocrine system regulate digestion?

  • By controlling the pH levels in the stomach
  • By releasing and transporting hormones (correct)
  • By producing enzymes for digestion
  • By stimulating the appetite

    • What happens when food reaches the stomach?

  • The stomach expands and releases gastrin hormone (correct)
  • The stomach contracts and releases chyme
  • The stomach absorbs nutrients
  • The stomach secretes digestive enzymes

    • What is chyme?

    <p>Partially digested food material</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main function of the enteric division of the nervous system?

    <p>To regulate the digestive process</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the enteric division of the nervous system regulate the digestive process?

    <p>By coordinating muscle contractions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of gastrin hormone in digestion?

    <p>To increase stomach acid production</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the endocrine system regulate digestion?

    <p>By releasing hormones that stimulate or inhibit digestive processes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the function of the minimum metabolic rate?

    <p>To maintain basic bodily functions at rest</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the endocrine system release to regulate digestion?

    <p>Hormones</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which hormones are secreted by the duodenum to stimulate the secretion of digestive enzymes and bile?

    <p>CCK and secretin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the function of secretin in the pancreas?

    <p>To neutralize the acidic chyme</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens when the chyme in the duodenum contains a high amount of fat?

    <p>CCK and secretin secretion is decreased</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What determines an animal's nutritional needs?

    <p>Its metabolic rate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is metabolic rate?

    <p>The rate at which an animal uses energy per unit of time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How can metabolic rate be determined?

    <p>By monitoring an animal's rate of heat loss</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary source of energy loss in an animal's body?

    <p>Digestion and absorption of organic matter</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process of synthesizing complex molecules from simple substances called?

    <p>Anabolism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the main functions of an animal's bioenergetics?

    <p>Growth, storage, and reproduction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe an animal's energy use per unit of time?

    <p>Metabolic rate</p> Signup and view all the answers

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