NUR 339 Exam 8
- What is the main function of the esophagus?
Conduit for food bolus from pharynx to stomach
- What is the main function of different sections of the GI tract in digestion and absorption of
nutrients? What happens where?
- What is the gastric mucosal barrier and how does it protect the stomach lining?
It is a barrier that allows the stomach to safely contain the gastric acid required for digestion. It protects the stomach lining because it has a thick coating of bicarbonate rich mucus which makes it a "neutral" zone.This neutral zone functions as a physical barrier to protect the stomach lining from the gastric acid of the stomach.
- How is stomach acid is produced?
It is secreted by parietal cells in the stomach
- GERD & PUD
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- Irritable bowel syndrome
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- Inflammatory bowel syndrome includes which two disorders?
Crohn's Dis- ease and Ulcerative Colitis
- What are the key similarities & differences between Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative
Colitis?
- Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis complications
- Diverticulitis & Diverticulosis; Appendicitis 3 / 4
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- Intestinal Obstruction
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