input: OPTIONS:
- heart
- brain
- liver
- liver Now, answer this question: Answer the following question given this paragraph: Hepatic Portal System The liver is a complex biochemical processing plant. It packages nutrients absorbed by the digestive system; produces plasma proteins, clotting factors, and bile; and disposes of worn-out cell components and waste products. Instead of entering the circulation directly, absorbed nutrients and certain wastes (for example, materials produced by the spleen) travel to the liver for processing. They do so via the hepatic portal system (Figure 20.43). Portal systems begin and end in capillaries. In this case, the initial capillaries from the stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and spleen lead to the hepatic portal vein and end in specialized capillaries within the liver, the hepatic sinusoids. You saw the only other portal system with the hypothalamic-hypophyseal portal vessel in the endocrine chapter. The hepatic portal system consists of the hepatic portal vein and the veins that drain into it. The hepatic portal vein itself is relatively short, beginning at the level of L2 with the confluence of the superior mesenteric and splenic veins. It also receives branches from the inferior mesenteric vein, plus the splenic veins and all their tributaries. The superior mesenteric vein receives blood from the small intestine, two-thirds of the large intestine, and the stomach. The inferior mesenteric vein drains the distal third of the large intestine, including the descending colon, the sigmoid colon, and the rectum. The splenic vein is formed from branches from the spleen, pancreas, and portions of the stomach, and the inferior mesenteric vein. After its formation, the hepatic portal vein also receives branches from the gastric veins of the stomach and cystic veins from the gall bladder. The hepatic portal vein delivers materials from these digestive and circulatory organs directly to the liver for processing. Because of the hepatic portal system, the liver receives its blood supply from two different sources: from normal systemic circulation via the hepatic artery and from the hepatic portal... Q: What organ packages nutrients absorbed by the digestive system; produces plasma proteins, clotting factors, and bile; and disposes of worn-out cell components and waste products? A:
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output: liver

Answer the following question given this paragraph: The pH scale is used to succinctly communicate the acidity or basicity of a solution. Q: What scale is used to succinctly communicate the acidity or basicity of a solution? A:

OPTIONS:
- Richter scale
- solvent scale
- ions
- ph

Answer: ph

Problem: OPTIONS:
- cerebrum
- hippocampus
- thalamus
- hypothalamus
Q: Answer the following question given this paragraph: The hypothalamus is actually part of the brain (see Figure below ), but it also secretes hormones . Some of its hormones "tell" the pituitary gland either to secrete or to stop secreting its hormones. In this way, the hypothalamus provides a link between the nervous and endocrine systems. The hypothalamus also produces hormones that directly regulate body processes. These hormones travel to the pituitary gland, which stores them until they are needed. The hormones include antidiuretic hormone and oxytocin. Q: Which part of the brain secretes hormones that tell the pituitary gland either to secrete or to stop secreting its hormones? A:
Answer: hypothalamus

Problem:OPTIONS:
- nitrogen
- methane
- hydrogen
- oxygen

Answer the following question given this paragraph: Pulmonary circulation is the part of the circulatory system that carries blood between the heart and lungs (the term pulmonary means "of the lungs"). It is illustrated in Figure below . Deoxygenated blood leaves the right ventricle through pulmonary arteries, which transport it to the lungs. In the lungs, the blood gives up carbon dioxide and picks up oxygen. The oxygenated blood then returns to the left atrium of the heart through pulmonary veins. Q: While in the lungs, blood gives up carbon dioxide and picks up what element before returning to the heart? A:
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A: oxygen

Answer the following question given this paragraph: Cellular respiration and photosynthesis are direct opposite reactions. Energy from the sun enters a plant and is converted into glucose during photosynthesis. Some of the energy is used to make ATP in the mitochondria during cellular respiration, and some is lost to the environment as heat. Q: During photosynthesis, what is energy from the sun converted to after entering a plant? A:
OPTIONS:
- Carbon
- chloride
- Proteins
- glucose
glucose

Answer the following question given this paragraph: What happens when there are two alleles in a heterozygote and neither allele is completely dominant nor completely recessive? Can both traits appear in the phenotype? Essentially, yes they can. Can there be two dominant alleles for the same gene? Codominance occurs when both traits appear in a heterozygous offspring. For example, roan shorthorn cattle have codominant genes for hair color. The coat has both red and white hairs; not pink hairs, but red AND white hairs. The letter R indicates red hair color, and R' white hair color. In cases of codominance, the genotype of the organism can be determined from its phenotype. The heifer in Figure below shows both coat colors and therefore is RR' heterozygous for coat color. The flower in Figure below also has two codominant alleles; it has red and white petals, not pink petals. Both colors appear in the phenotype. Q: What is said to occur when both traits appear in a heterozygous offspring? A:
OPTIONS:
- identical twins
- pollenation
- xenophobia
- codominance

Answer:
codominance