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NUR 105 GASTRO EXAM 2024/2025 WITH 100%ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
The main function of the GI system along with the pancreas and liver -
Precise Answer ✔✔Digestion
Elimination
Secretion
Absorption
Motility
The lumen (inner wall) consists of... - Precise Answer ✔✔Mucosa
Submucosa
Muscularis
Serosa
Increases peristalsis - Precise Answer ✔✔parasympathetic
Decreases peristalsis - Precise Answer ✔✔sympathetic
Food must be broken down into this liquid in order for absorption to take
place - Precise Answer ✔✔Chyme
,Mechanical and chemical process in which complex foods are broken
down into simpler forms - Precise Answer ✔✔Digestion
Carried out as the nutrients produced by digestion move from the lumen
into circulatory system - Precise Answer ✔✔Absorption
extends from pharynx to stomach - Precise Answer ✔✔esophagus
Moves food and fluids from pharynx to stomach and is a muscular canal
- Precise Answer ✔✔esophagus
What is the purpose of the sphincter? - Precise Answer ✔✔To prevent
reflux of gastric contents into esophagus
Responsible for gastric motility - Precise Answer ✔✔Smooth stomach
cells
Secretes hydrochloric acid
Produce intrinsic factor- substance that aids in absorption of Vitamin B -
Precise Answer ✔✔Parietal cells
Absence of parietal cells cause... - Precise Answer ✔✔Pernicious
anemia
,Functions as a food reservoir where the digestive process begins -
Precise Answer ✔✔Stomach
Alpha cells produce - Precise Answer ✔✔glucagon
Beta cells produce - Precise Answer ✔✔insulin
Gland that lies behind stomach
Functions as endocrine and exocrine gland
Contains islets of Langerhans cells - Precise Answer ✔✔Pancreas
Exocrine pancreas - Precise Answer ✔✔Aids in digestion
Endocrine pancreas - Precise Answer ✔✔Produces insulin
Essential in regulation of metabolism - Precise Answer ✔✔Alpha and
beta cells
Largest organ in body - Precise Answer ✔✔Liver
Functions in storage, protection and metabolism of proteins, breaks
down amino acids to remove ammonia
Secretes bile-essential for breakdown of fat - Precise Answer ✔✔Liver
, Underneath the liver
Collects, concentrates and stores bile - Precise Answer ✔✔Gallbladder
Longest and most convoluted portion of digestive tract
What are the parts of it?
Functions: movement, digestion and absorption - Precise Answer
✔✔Small intestine
Duodenum, jejunum, ileum
Consists of ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, and
sigmoid colon
___ empties into rectum
Functions: movement, absorption and elimination - Precise Answer
✔✔Large intestine
Sigmoid
In the oral cavity, what is some history r/t nutrition in aging? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Dentures
Dysphagia
Smoking hx
In GI system, what history r/t aging is necessary to know? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Change in weight
Appetite
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