Use the Figure Above to Answer the Following Questions

question 32

Multiple Choice

Use the figure above to answer the following questions.
-The second structure encountered in a biopsy of the stomach is the

• A) mucosa.
• B) submucosa.
• C) longitudinal muscle layer.
• D) circular muscle layer.
• E) serosa.

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Definitions:

Colloid Osmotic Pressure

The pressure exerted by proteins, mainly albumin, in a blood vessel's plasma that tends to pull water into the circulatory system.

Ascending Limb

Part of the loop of Henle in the kidney nephron that transports filtrate from the renal medulla back towards the cortex, important for the reabsorption of water and salts.

Loop of Henle

A section of the nephron in the kidney that is responsible for concentrating urine and conserving water.

Cotransported

Referring to the simultaneous transportation of two or more molecules across a cell membrane, usually by a specific carrier protein.