NUR 5001 Week 7 QUIZ.
Question 1 (1 point)
In the digestive system, the stomach is stimulated by eating to produce large volumes of gastric
secretions. The secretion that is responsible for converting pepsinogen to pe
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NUR 5001 Week 7 QUIZ.
Question 1 (1 point)
In the digestive system, the stomach is stimulated by eating to produce large volumes of gastric
secretions. The secretion that is responsible for converting pepsinogen to pepsin and acts as a
bactericide against swallowed organisms is:
Question 1 options:
A) Gastroferrin
B) Hydrochloric acid
C) Intrinsic factor
D) Chymotrypsin
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Question 2 (1 point)
The enteric nervous system regulates intestinal motility. Of the two movements that promote motility,
the one that occurs more frequently is:
Question 2 options:
A) Segmentation
B) Peristalsis
C) Vagal stimulation
D) Neural reflex
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Question 3 (1 point)
A 31-year-old woman visits a gastroenterologist’s office with complaints of diarrhea. The stool is bloody
with mucous. Although the sample will be sent to a laboratory for analysis, the gastroenterologist
suggests an endoscopy and histologic studies of biopsied tissue. She discusses the possible diagnoses,
among them Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis. The type of diarrhea caused by an inflammatory
disorder of the intestine is:
Question 3 options:
A) Secretory
B) Small-volume
C) Motility
D) Large-volume
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Question 4 (1 point)
Patients who suffer from ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease have abdominal pain, which is the result of
distention and inflammation. This type of pain is known as:
Question 4 options:
A) Visceral
B) Referred
C) Referred
D) Somatic
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Question 5 (1 point)
With two major abnormalities in copper metabolism, diminished biliary excretion and failure to insert
copper into the blood, a positive copper balance is present from birth in children with Wilson disease.
The classic presentation of Wilson disease is a triad of neuromuscular abnormalities stemming from
brain damage particularly in the:
Answer: Basal ganglia
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