Gastrointestinal 1. During gastric bypass surgery for weight loss, the duodenum

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Gastrointestinal

1. During gastric bypass surgery for weight loss, the duodenum can also be bypassed for greater weight loss. What are some of the negative effects of food bypassing the duodenum as it is being processed by the gastrointestinal tract?

Endocrine

2. Using your knowledge of the hormonal control of blood glucose, describe why an individual, after eating an entire one-pound bag of candy, will become lethargic and sleepy shortly thereafter.

Reproduction

3. We know that a baby with the XY sex chromosomes has the male genome. But if the gene on the Y chromosome for testis-determining factor were mutated to a nonfunctional state, what sex would the child be?

4. What is the hormone present in a woman’s blood that indicates she is pregnant (and is tested for in a pregnancy test)? What is the function of this hormone?

Explanation / Answer

1. The Gastric bypass surgery or the bariatric surgery (Weight loss surgery) is a procedure that alters the process of digestion. The main side effects of this surgery is as follows:

2. The cells in our body gets most of the energy from glucose which are formed from starch and sugar carbs. Both of them are important to body for providing fuel. Sugar metabolises in human body faster than starch and transforms into glucose alone. This glucose increases the body's blood sugar level rapidly and causing the release of large amount of insulin to pick up and utilize extra glucose. Then, your blood sugar drops much quickly, draining the energy of your body and make you feel tired.

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