TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 5. Water and Electrolyte Absorption and Secretion A1 - Barrett, Kim E. Y1 - 2014 N1 - T2 - Gastrointestinal Physiology, 2e AB - Understand the physiological significance of the regulation of luminal water content and daily fluid balanceDescribe the functional anatomy of the intestinal epithelium that permits it to function as a regulator of fluid movementSurface areaUnderstand how transport function is integrated with intestinal motilityDefine pathways via which electrolytes can be transferred across epithelial barriersPassive versus active transportTranscellular versus paracellular transportDescribe how a limited collection of membrane transport pathways are arranged to assemble transepithelial transport mechanismsIdentify the major electrolyte transport pathways of the small and large intestines and their intracellular mechanisms of regulationIdentify how subepithelial elements and other regulatory systems impact on epithelial transport functionDefine major pathogenic alterations in intestinal electrolyte transport and their consequencesHeat stable enterotoxin of E. coli as an example of molecular mimicry SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/19 UR - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57850397 ER -