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Packet J: Bonus 9

When monitoring the pH of this organ, a Demeester score of 14.72 or higher indicates acid reflux disease, which may cause a premalignant condition in it named for surgeon Norman Barrett. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this organ that can be damaged by upward movement of stomach acid while passing food from the pharynx to the stomach.
ANSWER: esophagus
[10m] Proton pump inhibitors are often used to treat acid reflux, and have largely replaced medications targeting this compound’s H2 receptors. Enterochromaffin-like cells release this compound to stimulate stomach acid production.
ANSWER: histamine
[10h] PPIs can also be used to treat this condition in which tumors that secrete gastrin cause excess stomach acid to be produced from parietal cells, creating peptic ulcers.
ANSWER: Zollinger–Ellison syndrome [or Z-E syndrome]
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HeardPPBE %M %H %
6210.8194%11%3%

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Claremont AUC Berkeley B100010E
UC Berkeley AUCSD100010E
UCLAClaremont B100010E

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
California2025-02-01✓310.00100%0%0%
Florida2025-02-01✓313.33100%33%0%
Great Lakes2025-02-01✓610.00100%0%0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01✓610.00100%0%0%
Midwest2025-02-01✓613.33100%17%17%
North2025-02-01✓310.00100%0%0%
Northeast2025-02-01✓58.0080%0%0%
Overflow2025-02-01✓514.00100%20%20%
South Central2025-02-01✓25.0050%0%0%
Southeast2025-02-01✓310.00100%0%0%
UK2025-02-01✓1011.0090%20%0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01✓711.4386%29%0%
Upstate NY2025-02-01✓310.00100%0%0%