BCH4024 11724 OC F24 E3 Q36: The next two questions deal with the following case: A three-year-old boy is brought into the clinic suffering from cardiorespiratory distress following an infection. Previously the boy was admitted to the hospital in a coma and suffered a cardiac arrest. He was extremely hypoglycemic (plasma glucose = 15 mg/dl) and showed hepatomegaly (enlarged liver). Muscle and liver biopsies contain large amounts of lipids.  The diagnosis was a carnitine deficiency. Loss of carnitine will most directly affect which of the following processes?

ADH targets which region of the renal tubule?

In response to a drop in overall blood pressure,__________ stimulates constriction of the glomerular inlet and even greater constriction of the outlet.

Through which of these structures does urine travel?

In which of these structures is the detrusor muscle found?

A renal corpuscle includes the 

What is the hormone that stimulates hunger?

Gastrin, which is secreted by stomach cells, functions to 

The precursor substance pepsinogen is converted to pepsin

The liver functions to