Why Is the Intestinal Hormone Secretin Released by Endocrine Cells

question 41

Multiple Choice

Why is the intestinal hormone secretin released by endocrine cells in the duodenal mucosa

• A)in response to distention of the stomach
• B)in response to carbohydrate in the duodenum
• C)in response to acid in the duodenum
• D)in response to gastrin secreted by the pyloric gland area of the stomach

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Definitions:

Categorical Variables

Variables that represent categories and can take on a limited, and usually fixed, number of possible values.

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution or in the calculation of a statistic, typically in the context of parameter estimation.

Chi-Square Distribution

A statistical distribution used to describe the distribution of a sum of the squares of independent random variables.

ANOVA

Analysis of Variance, a statistical method used to compare the means of three or more groups to see if at least one is statistically significantly different from the others.