Ch 16 Part 2 Homework: Read pp 456-463
1. Describe Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis:
2. Label the stomach diagram below:
3. List the five types of cells found in gastric pits and describe their functions.
4. What is the function of gastrin (use your glossary to help describe the regulation)?
5. You are eating lunch and are not quite full yet. What stomach secretion phase are you in?
6. You smell French fries all the way down the hall. Your mouth begins to salivate and your stomach rumbles.
What stomach secretion phase will be triggered?
7. What is heartburn?
8. List all of the possible reasons for getting heartburn that are listed in your text.
9. How do antacids stop heartburn?
10. Read the section about hunger pangs to answer the questions that follow:
a. What are hunger contractions?
b. How are hunger pangs increased (what causes them)?
c. When do hunger pangs begin?
d. When do hunger pangs reach their maximum intensity?