BIOLOGY
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Author: Raven
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Chapter 46.1, Problem 2LO
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To list: The components of the digestive tract in vertebrates.
Introduction: The organisms that produce their own food are called autotrophs. The organisms that depend on autotrophs for food are called heterotrophs. Heterotrophs have specialized organs for digesting the food obtained from plants and animals. The
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Chapter 46 Solutions
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Ch. 46.1 - Prob. 1LOCh. 46.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 46.1 - Prob. 3LOCh. 46.2 - Prob. 1LOCh. 46.2 - Prob. 2LOCh. 46.3 - Prob. 1LOCh. 46.3 - Prob. 2LOCh. 46.4 - Prob. 1LOCh. 46.4 - Explain how absorbed nutrients move into the blood...Ch. 46.5 - Prob. 1LO
Ch. 46.5 - Prob. 2LOCh. 46.5 - Prob. 3LOCh. 46.6 - Prob. 1LOCh. 46.6 - Prob. 2LOCh. 46.7 - Prob. 1LOCh. 46.7 - Prob. 2LOCh. 46.7 - Prob. 3LOCh. 46.8 - Prob. 1LOCh. 46.8 - Describe how rumination works.Ch. 46.8 - Prob. 3LOCh. 46 - Prob. 1DACh. 46 - If you constructed a phylogeny using molecular...Ch. 46 - Prob. 1IQCh. 46 - Prob. 2IQCh. 46 - Prob. 3IQCh. 46 - Prob. 4IQCh. 46 - How is the digestion of fats different from that...Ch. 46 - Although the stomach is normally thought of as the...Ch. 46 - After being absorbed through the intestinal...Ch. 46 - Which of these pairings is incorrect? a. Fat...Ch. 46 - Intestinal microorganisms aid digestion and...Ch. 46 - Prob. 6UCh. 46 - Which of the following represents the action of...Ch. 46 - Prob. 1ACh. 46 - The primary function of the large intestine is to...Ch. 46 - Inactive forms of some molecules are secreted a....Ch. 46 - Prob. 4ACh. 46 - Many birds possess crops, although few mammals do....Ch. 46 - Suppose that you wanted to develop a new treatment...Ch. 46 - How could a drop in plasma proteins and a decrease...Ch. 46 - Unlike many cases of convergence (see section...Ch. 46 - Prob. 5S
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