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#Question id: 921

Which of the following statements concerning the B oxidation of fatty acids is true?

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

  1. About 1,200 ATP molecules are ultimately produced per 20-carbon fatty acid oxidized.

  2. One FADH2 and two NADH are produced for each acetyl-CoA.

  3. The free fatty acid must be carboxylated in the B position by a biotin-dependent reaction before the process of B oxidation commences.

  4. The free fatty acid must be converted to a thioester before the process of B oxidation commences.

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#Question id: 12055

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Which of the following is a likely consequence of ileal resection?
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#Question id: 12056

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A 68-year-old woman with hematemesis has heartburn and stomach pain. Endoscopy shows inflammation involving the gastric body and antrum as well as a small gastric ulcer. Biopsies were positive for Helicobacter pylori. H. pylori damages the gastric mucosa primarily by increasing mucosal levels of which substance?
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#Question id: 12057

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A tsunami tidal wave hits the east coast of South America and the people living there are forced to drink unclean water. Within the next several days, a large number of people develop severe diarrhea and about half of these people expire. Samples of drinking water are positive for Vibrio cholerae. Which of the following types of ion channels is most likely to be irreversibly opened in the epithelial cells of the crypts of Lieberkühn in these people with severe diarrhea?
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#Question id: 12058

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A 45-year-old man presents with abdominal pain and hematemesis. An abdominal exam was relatively benign, and abdominal x-rays were suggestive of a perforated viscus. Endoscopy revealed a chronically perforated gastric ulcer, through which the liver was visible. Which of the following is a forerunner to gastric ulcer formation?
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#Question id: 12059

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A 19-year-old man is fed intravenously for several weeks following a severe automobile accident. The intravenous feeding leads to atrophy of the gastrointestinal mucosa most likely because the blood level of which of the following hormones is reduced?
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#Question id: 12060

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

 Eating a meal leads to a large increase in gastric acid secretion that peaks within about 5 min and returns to normal about 4 hr after a meal is taken. How long after a meal does the pH of the gastric contents reach its lowest level (in hours)?