6th Physiology Lecture Exam - GIT (Batch 2025) Flashcards
1.What is the function of the specialized muscle structures separating the regions of the GI tract?
A. Storage
B. Transport
C. Digestion
D. Retention
Retention
2.The GI tract has greater functional variety from region to region but with common features. These include?
A. Blind-ending glandular structures for protection
B. Muscular structures with specialized function
C. Glandular organs attached via ducts for digestion
D. Large surface area for absorption
Muscular structures with specialized function
3.Which is attached to the GI tract via ducts, that empty into the gut lumen, producing substances for excretion?
A. Liver
B. Parotid
C. Pancreas
D. Gallbladder
Liver
4.The following are major physiological processes of the GI tract, except?
A. Secretion of substances by GI glands
B. Propulsion of material along the esophagus
C. Relaxation of the stomach
D. Separation of the GI segments by sphincters
Separation of the GI segments by sphincters
5.Specialization of the GI tract, as a digestive organ includes the following?
A. Single layer muscle structures
B. Large surface area
C. Multiple innervation
D. Regular shape and size
Large surface area
6.The gastrointestinal vascular circulation is unique because of which of the following?
A. Arteries of the GI tract drain to the portal circulation
B. Blood supply from muscle can be diverted to the GI tract
C. Venous drainage from the GI tract first enters the heart
D. The Splanchnic circulation receives minute amounts of blood
Blood supply from muscle can be diverted to the GI tract
7.Which of the following specialized epithelial cells expresses proteins significant for digestion of macronutrients?
A. Absorptive enterocytes
B. Enteroendocrine cells
C. Enterochromaffin cells
D. GI Stem cells
Absorptive enterocytes
8.The folds and ridges of the mucosa of the GI tract are caused by?
A. Lymph vessel and nodes
B. Villi and crypts
C. Muscularis mucosae
D. Capillaries and nerves
Muscularis mucosae
9.They control the secretory and motor activities of the GI tract, mount appropriate response from the muscularis propria?
A. Submucosal plexus
B. Meissner’s plexus
C. Auerbach’s plexus
D. Dorsal plexus
Meissner’s plexus
10.Exert their actions on nearby smooth muscle cells, enterocytes, secretory cells and other enteroendocrine cells by diffusion through interstitial space?
A. Endocrine regulation
B. Paracrine regulation
C. Neurocrine regulation
D. Neural regulation
Paracrine regulation
11.Which of the following statements is true regarding neural regulation of the GI system?
A. There are cases where there are no synapses between motor nerves and effector cells
B. Very important within a region of the GI tract, but not between distant parts
C. Relatively simple, it is innervated by two sets of nerves
D. All GI functions are dependent on the extrinsic nervous system
All GI functions are dependent on the extrinsic nervous system
12.Which of the following statements is false of the parasympathetic innervation of the gut?
A. Preganglionic cells arises from the brainstem and sacral spinal cord
B. Postganglionic neurons synapse with enteric neurons in the gut wall
C. Efferent nerves from enteric neurons directly innervate effector cells within the gut wall
D. Afferent fibers follow the same tract as the efferent fibers
Efferent nerves from enteric neurons directly innervate effector cells within the gut wall
13.Intraluminal acidity, osmolarity and painful stimulus are transmitted by?
A. Vagal efferent fibers
B. Spinal efferent fibers
C. Vagal afferent fibers
D. Spinal afferent fibers
Spinal afferent fibers
14.The components of the Vagovagal reflexes exist within the?
A. Enteric nervous system
B. Extrinsic nervous system
C. Prevertebral neurons
D. Paravertebral neurons
Extrinsic nervous system
15.ENS are characterized by:
A. All components of the reflex arc are present
B. They act dependently from extrinsic innervation
C. They are detached from the extrinsic nervous system
D. Its neurons are located at the brainstem and sacral spinal cord
All components of the reflex arc are present
16.The tenth cranial nerve mediates the following cephalic response to a meal, except?
A. Salivary secretion
B. Gastric acid secretion
C. Gallbladder contraction
D. Sphincter of Oddi relaxation
Salivary secretion
17.The difference between the cephalic and oral phase of response to a meal is?
A. Olfactory stimulus
B. Visual stimulus
C. Chemical stimulus
D. Auditory stimulus
Chemical stimulus
18.Which of the following are included in the oral phase of response to a meal?
A. Lubrication with salivary amylase
B. Digestion with glycoprotein mucin
C. Increase gastric acid secretion
D. Contraction of the sphincter of oddi
Increase gastric acid secretion
19.Which of the following statements are true of the major salivary glands?
A. Major secretions in the excretory ducts provide its classification
B. Parotid gland produces mainly serous secretion
C. Sublingual gland produces mixed secretions
D. Submandibular glands mainly secretes mucus
Parotid gland produces mainly serous secretion
20.These are responsible for modifying the ionic composition and osmolarity of saliva?
A. Cells in the striated ducts
B. Cells in the excretory ducts
C. Cells in the intercalated ducts
D. Acinar cells
Cells in the striated ducts
21.Which of the following are true of primary salivary secretion?
A. Primary is hypotonic and is alkaline
B. Driven mostly by Ca++ by opening apical Ca+ channels
C. Na+ and water flows via the tight junctions
D. Amount of lipase depends on the level of stimulus
Na+ and water flows via the tight junctions
22.The following are mechanisms of Ion transport in the salivary ductal cells, except?
A. Na+,K+-ATPase maintain the electrochemical gradient
B. Na+ and K+ drive most of the ionic transport
C. Na+ and Cl- is absorbed from the lumen
D. Cl- and HCO3- is secreted into the lumen
Cl- and HCO3- is secreted into the lumen
23.Which statement is true regarding swallowing?
A. It is initiated mostly by voluntarily, after it is fully under reflex control
B. Its sequence of events ordered and are interchangeable
C. Reflex is initiated by touch in the efferent limb of the swallowing reflex
D. Motor impulses travel from the pharynx and esophagus to the swallowing center
It is initiated mostly by voluntarily, after it is fully under reflex control
24.The voluntary phase of swallowing includes the following, except?
A. Initiation is when the tip of the tongue separates a bolus of food
B. The tip of the tongue press against the hard palate
C. The posterior part of the tongue press against the soft palate
D. Bolus move upward and backward into the mouth
The posterior part of the tongue press against the soft palate
25.The sequence of events in the pharyngeal phase of swallowing includes which of the following?
A. Soft palate is pulled inwards
B. Palatopharyngeal folds move upwards
C. The UES relaxes and a peristaltic wave is initiated
D. The superior constrictor muscles force the bolus into the pharynx
The superior constrictor muscles force the bolus into the pharynx
26.Increasing the diameter of the isthmus of the gastric gland will increase gastric:
A. secretions
B. cell turn over
C. stem cell activity
D. pH
secretions
27.An increase in cobalamin absorption reflects a high secretion of which of the following?
A. intrinsic factor
B. pepsinogen
C. histamine
D. enteropeptidase
intrinsic factor
28.Regarding gastric acid secretion, basal rate of secretion is expected to be _______ in the evening
A. greater
B. lesser
C. normal
D. lower
greater
29.Regarding pepsinogen conversion, the rate of its conversion _______ as the gastric pH ________
A. increases ; increases
B. increases; decreases
C. decreases; decreases
D. decreases; is unchanged
increases; decreases
30.When parietal cells are stimulated, fusion of the tubulovesicular membrane and canalicular membrane will cause the H/KATPase antiporters to:
A. increase in number
B. decrease its activity
C. pump more K into the lumen
D. pump more Cl into the lumen
increase in number
31.During maximal acid secretion, one expects the pH in the cytosol to be____ and the pH in the lumen
to be:
A. 7;1
B. 1;1
C. 7;7
D. 1;7
7;1
32.During acid secretion, as the concentration of Ca rises in the cytosol, which of the following will be actively pumped into the gastric lumen?
A. H+
B. K+
C. Cl-
D. HCO3-
Cl-
33.As the conductance of K + increases across the parietal cell luminal membrane, this will cause the luminal membrane to be:
A. repolarized
B. depolarized
C. hyperpolarized
D. repolarized
hyperpolarized
34.As the pylorus delivers acidic chyme into the duodenum, this will cause the rate of pepsin conversion to:
A. increase
B. Decrease
C. remain elevated
D. accelerate
Decrease
35.Increasing the activity of this basolateral membrane transporter increases the pH of the interstitium of the parietal cell
A. H/HCO3 symport
B. Na/HCO3 antiport
C. Cl/HCO3 antiport
D. H/K antiport
Cl/HCO3 antiport
36.Which of the following will most likely increase gastric acid secretion?
A. An increased permeability of the tubule vesicular membrane activity
B. Cl- secretion of the plasmalemmal membrane
C. mitochondrial activity of the parietal cell
D. H/K ATPase activity of the parietal cell
H/K ATPase activity of the parietal cell
37.The phenomenon of the alkaline tide will occur when there is a HIGH:
A. HCO3- reabsorption in the basolateral membrane
B. Gastric lumen pH and low cytosolic pH
C. Concentration of CO2 in the basolateral membrane
D. Cytosolic Ca concentration in the parietal cell
HCO3- reabsorption in the basolateral membrane
38.Which of the following activators of the parietal cell below can also increase mucus secretion from the gastric glands
A. acetylcholine
B. gastrin
C. histamine
D. bombesin
acetylcholine
39.Chemosensors in the gastric mucosa is least likely activated by which of the following?
A. Oligopeptides
B. triglycerides
C. Oligosaccharides
D. Tripeptides
triglycerides