Secretin is a hormone that is released by the _____________ which __________ stomach motility.

When the diaphragm contracts, the size of the thoracic cavity ___________, causing air to _____________.

All of the blood that enters the area of the nephron from the renal artery is filtered with each pass.

As the compliance of the lungs decreases, what would happen to respiration?

During exercise the PO2 in systemic cells will ____________ causing a ____________ in the O2 saturation of hemoglobin at systemic capillaries.

A substance that dissociates in water to form cations and anions is called an electrolyte.

A renal lobe includes portions of which of the following components?

Collectively, the renal and respiratory systems comprise the chemical buffering system of the body.

The respiratory center is composed of the medullary respiratory center and the pontine respiratory center.

Hemoglobin is necessary for oxygen transport because oxygen has a high solubility coefficient in water.