As the Body Progresses from the Absorptive to the Postabsorptive

question 17

Multiple Choice

As the body progresses from the absorptive to the postabsorptive state,the ________ continues to burn glucose while virtually every other organ in the body switches to fatty acids as its major energy source.

• A) pancreas
• B) spleen
• C) liver
• D) brain

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Definitions:

Randomized Block Experiment

An experimental design that aims to reduce the effects of variables known as blocks by randomly assigning treatments within each block.

Rank Sums

A statistic used in non-parametric tests that involves summing the ranks of observations in one of two samples when comparing medians.

One-Tail

Refers to a one-tailed test in statistics where the critical area of a distribution is one-sided so that it tests for the possibility of the relationship in a single direction.

Ordinal

Pertaining to data classification where the order of the values is significant but differences between values are not necessarily consistent.