[Recalls] GIT EVALS Flashcards

1
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What is the primary site for absorption of nutrients?

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Answer. Small Intestine

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2
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The muscle layer of the GIT consist of:

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Answer: Inner layer Circular smooth muscle

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3
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Which of the following absorbs water and electrolyte?

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Answer: Both large and small intestines

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4
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Which of the following absorbs lipids, carbohydrates and amino acids?

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Answer: Small intestine

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5
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Digestion requires enzymes secreted in the following except:

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Answer: Large intestine

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6
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Ingestion of food initiates multiple responses. Which of the following involves the release of neurotransmitter in the blood?

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Answer: Endocrine

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7
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Which of the following is not true about GALT?

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Answer: mucosal immune system, organized aggregates of lymphoid tissue, protects against potential pathogens, permits immunologic tolerance

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8
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It is the primary neural mechanism that controls GI function.

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Answer: Enteric Nervous System

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9
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What plexus found in the submucosa only in small and large intestine?

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Answer: Meissner’s plexus

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10
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What plexus located between the circular and longitudinal smooth muscle?

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Answer: Myenteric and Auerbach’s plexus

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11
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Which of the ENS neurotransmitter is the primary preganglionic and postganglionic neurotransmitter regulating both secretory functions and muscle activity in GI tract?

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Answer: Acetylcholine

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12
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Somatostatin: what GI peptide hormone source

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D-cells

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13
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CCK:

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I-cells

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14
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Gastrin

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G-cells

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15
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Secretin

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S-cells

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16
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Gastric secretions can amount up to 2 liters per day basal secretion is usually reach in which of the following:

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Answer: Sodium

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17
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Which of the following is the most important stimulus for gastric acid secretion in humans?

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Answer: Histamine

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18
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The following statement/s is/are true of secretin?

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Answer: It can cause direct down regulation of parietal Hydrogen release

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19
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The presence of chyme in the duodenum will result in increase secretion of the following except:

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Answer: Histamine

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20
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Gastric emptying: the emptying of solid is the function of:

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Answer: smooth muscle in the antrum

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21
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The d-cells in the corpus in the stomach are triggered to release somatostatin by:

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Answer: Neural and Hormonal mechanism

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22
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Which of the following is the most potent inhibitor of gastric acid secretion?

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Answer: Lipids

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23
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In the process of gastric acid secretion, the secretion of Hydrogen Ion is due to extrusion of hydrogen from the cell lumen in exchange for:

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Answer: Potassium

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24
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In gastric accommodation, cumulative increase in volume in the stomach causes an increase in intragastric pressure:

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Answer: False

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25
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ECL cells

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Histamine

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26
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I cells of duodenum and jejenum

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CCK

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27
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Regulation of mucosal growth in corpus

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Gastrin

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28
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Secreted also by pancreas and hypothalamus

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Somatostatin

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29
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Chief cells

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Pepsinogen

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30
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Which of the following is not one of the several different patterns of digestion?

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Answer: Enzymatic

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31
Q

Celiac sprue

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Duodenum and jejenum

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32
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Chronic pancreatitis

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Fat digestion

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33
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Celiac sprue

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Fat absorption

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34
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Surgical resection disease

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Ileum

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35
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Lactase deficiency

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Small intestine

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36
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Normal adult small intestine absorbs how many % of dietary lipid while carbohydrate provides ___ of the total energy needed of western diet:

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Answer: 9.5, 45%

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37
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Mediates the facilitated diffusion of fructose into the enterocyte

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Glut5

38
Q

Sodium coupled transporter that mediates the uptake of glucose and galactose

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SGLT1

39
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Monosaccharides, basolateral membrane into interstitial space

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Glut2

40
Q

Proteins are encoded by mRNA and consist of 20 amino acids, ___ of which are essential…

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Answer: 9

41
Q

five pancreatic enzymes participate in protein digestion and are secreted as inactive proenzymes. Which of the following is not one of the five:

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Answer: Elastase

42
Q

During the postnatal period, intestinal epithelial cells absorbs protein by:

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Answer: endocytosis, pinocytosis…all of the above

43
Q

The term fat is generally used to refer to:

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Answer: triacylglycerol, etc, all of the above

44
Q

Endogenous lipids are predominantly:

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Answer: all of the above (bile lipids, lecithin and cholesterol)

45
Q

The salivary gland mainly produce secretion that has low glycoprotein content:

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Answer: Parotid gland

46
Q

The most potent stimulator of CCK release is:

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Answer: lipids

47
Q

Saliva contains the following except:

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Answer: AOTA (ptyalin, lysozyme, etc.)

48
Q

The pancreas stores enzymes required for digestion and the greater pancreatic reserves are those that are required for the digestion of:

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Answer: carbohydrates and proteins

49
Q

CCK is secreted in the:

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Answer: small intestine

50
Q

the enzyme that converts trypsinogen to trypsin:

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Answer: enterokinase

51
Q

The major 2nd messenger for the secretion of proteins:

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Answer: calcium

52
Q

Most important humoral regulator of pancreatic ductal bicarbonate secretion:

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Answer: secretin

53
Q

The following statements are true of pancreatic duct cell except:

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Answer: secretin increase the secretion of glycoproteins from these cells

54
Q

Glands have different modes of secretion, which of the following release molecules which includes parts of the membrane:

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Answer: mammary gland

55
Q

Which of the following increases the volume of enzyme content of exocrine pancreatic secretions:

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Answer: secretin

56
Q

Sjogren’s syndrome, is a chronic progressive…etc:

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lacrimal gland

57
Q

Primary secretion of salivary acinar cell contain the following except:

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Answer: no exception (ptyalin, mucin, etc)

58
Q

The primary defect in cystic fibrosis affects which of the following:

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Answer: apical chloride channel

59
Q

The exocrine pancreas and major salivary glands are compound specialized secretory organs which primarily aids in digestion. The pancreas measures 12.5-15cm.

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Answer: False

60
Q

In obstructive jaundice, which of the following physiologic process is affected:

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Answer: Conversion of bilirubin to urobilinogen

61
Q

Which of the following is the physiologic mechanism that actually prevents gallstones formation:

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Answer: Acidification of bile

62
Q

A principal role of this glycoprotein is to transport TAG from the liver or intestines to peripheral tissues.

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Answer: VLDL

63
Q

Unconjugated bilirubin is bound to which of the following to allow easier excretion:

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Answer: Glucoronic acid

64
Q

Only conjugated bilirubin can be excreted in bile.

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Answer: True

65
Q

Chylomicrons transport dietary TAG and cholesterol to adipose tissue and muscles.

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Answer: False

66
Q

The liver hepatocytes have a zonal relationship that modifies liver function:

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Answer: Zone III

67
Q

Biotransformation of drugs occurs primarily in:

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Answer: Zone III

68
Q

Zone I of the liver is the area which is responsible for what hepatic function:

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Answer: Oxidative

69
Q

This involves in reverse cholesterol transport:

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Answer: HDL

70
Q

Which of the following is the effect of CCK on hepatobiliary function:

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Answer: Relaxation of Sphincter of Oddi

71
Q

The form of bilirubin found on intestinal contact:

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Answer: Stercobilin

72
Q

Development of shunt between the portal vein and vena cava as a result of schistosomiasis releases:

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Answer: All of the above

73
Q

The enterohepatic circulation of the bile acids is driven by:

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Answer: All of the above

74
Q

A regulation of biliary secretion is/are the following except:

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Answer: CCK constricts sphincter of oddi

75
Q

The vitamin that is greatly stored in the Liver:

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Answer: Vitamin A

76
Q

Absorption of sodium into the intestinal cells across the luminal membrane and down its electrochemical gradient in the following mechanisms, except:

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Answer; sodium bicarbonate exchanger

77
Q

The GIT secretes electrolytes from blood to lumen and the secretory mechanisms are located in the:

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Answer: crypt cells

78
Q

Which of the following is/are true of the colon:

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Answer: The amplification of the surface area of absorption is marked in the colon (INVALID – dapat naa except)

79
Q

Fluid content of average diet is typically:

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Answer: 1.5-2.5 L/day

80
Q

The amount of fluid reabsorbed by the colon per day is:

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Answer: 1.9 L

81
Q

Which of the following is secreted by the colon:

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Answer: HCO3 and potassium

82
Q

Fluid absorption in isosmotic in the small intestine similar to that of:

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Answer: Proximal Tubule (renal)

83
Q

Potassium is actively secreted in the colon similar to:

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Answer: Distal Tubule

84
Q

Increase in luminal fluid in the colon would:

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Answer: Increase Potassium

85
Q

The primary ion secreted into the intestinal lumen is:

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Answer: None of the above

86
Q

Diarrhea is the primary cause of dehydration. The type of diarrhea wherein substances are not properly hydrolyzed:

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Answer: Osmotic

87
Q

In secretory diarrhea caused by Vibrio cholera toxin, which ion channel is open?

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Answer: Chloride channel

88
Q

In diarrhea causing HCO3 to be excreted in large amount, another ion is absorbed in exchange:

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Answer: Chloride

89
Q

What is solvent drag:

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Answer: Solute movement may be coupled with fluid movement

90
Q

The component of the ORS and its therapeutic value in the treatment of diarrhea provide excellent demonstration of:

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Answer: Water absorption is enhanced with increased concentration of glucose or amino acids