Gut Motility

Question 1

Filling of meal triggers gastrocolic reflex.
When you wake after sleep, stretching and
sitting and then standing (T/F)

Answer 1

True

Question 2

It is controlled by
Enteric Nervous System (myenteric plexus)

Answer 2

Internal defecation reflex-

Question 3

It is controlled by controlled by Parasympathetic Nervous System transmitted to the spinal cord)

Answer 3

Parasympathetic defecation reflex-

Question 4

Aka colon

Answer 4

The Large Intestine

Question 5

absorbs digestive fluids passing out the ileum of the small intestine

Answer 5

Cecum

Question 6

push up any undigested food products from the cecum

Answer 6

Ascending Colon

Question 7

Majority of water reabsorption take place

Answer 7

Transverse Colon

Question 8

descends transverse colon to sigmoid colon

Answer 8

Descending colon

Question 9

hold feces until it is time to defecate

Answer 9

Sigmoid colon

Question 10

place where residual waste accumulates

Answer 10

Rectum

Question 11

Exit Port of fecal matter

Answer 11

Anus

Question 12

Too much removal of water causes constipation (T/F)

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Increase reabsorption of water causes results in diarrhea

Answer 13

False (Decrease)

Question 14

accumulation of hard fecal material in the large intestine

Answer 14

Constipation

Question 15

Test that determines the presence of metabolic disorder that may cause the constipation

Answer 15

Thyroid function test-

Question 16

It act locally to stimulate intestinal peristalsis,
It often bowel contents or both

Answer 16

Laxatives

Question 17

substances that expand on taking up
water in the bowel

Answer 17

Insoluble and non-absorbable

Question 18

Consist of polysaccharides and cellulose derivatives that are undigestible.

Answer 18

Bulk-Forming Laxatives

Question 19

Soluble but non-absorbable particles that retain water in the vowel by virtue of their osmotic action

Answer 19

Osmotic Laxatives

Question 20

Also known as “Saline Purgatives” or “Salt Containing”

Answer 20

Osmotic Laxatives