Blockage of the pancreatic duct prevents pancreatic enzymes from being delivered to the small intestine. What effect would youexpect this to have on cholecystokinin and secretin levels in the blood?

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Q: Describe briefly ,the four (4) layers of the alimentary canal?

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Q: Discuss the activation of pancreatic enzyme precursors in thesmall intestine?

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Q: Describe how bile and pancreatic juice secretion into the small intestine are regulated.

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Q: How are gastric secretions inhibited? Why is this inhibitionnecessary?

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Q: What are the characteristics and importance of all amino acid carriers in the small intestine?

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Q: How does the pancreaticjuice resume the digestion ofcarbohydrates? What is theinvolved enzyme?

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Q: What are the major physiological differences between the small and large intestines?

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Q: Name the four best-understood gastrointestinal hormones and state their major functions?

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Q: In which part of alimentary canal does absorption of water, simple sugarsand alcohol takes place?

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Q: Explain why intrinsic factor release is the only essential function of the stomach.

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Q: What three structures increase the absorptive surface areaof the small intestine?

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