1. After teaching a group of students about GI activity and constipation, the instructor determines.

1. After teaching a group of students about GI activity and constipation, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students state which of the following about constipation? a. It results from increased peristaltic activity in the intestinal tract. b. It occurs primarily when one does not have a daily bowel movement. c. It leads to decreased salt and water absorption from the large intestine. d. It can be artificially induced by increasing the volume of the large intestine. 2. In explaining the importance of the pancreas to a student nurse, the instructor would
1. After teaching a group of students about GI activity and constipation, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students state which of the following about constipation? a. It results from increased peristaltic activity in the intestinal tract. b. It occurs primarily when one does not have a daily bowel movement. c. It leads to decreased salt and water absorption from the large intestine. d. It can be artificially induced by increasing the volume of the large intestine. 2. In explaining the importance of the pancreas to a student nurse, the instructor would explain that the pancreas a. is primarily an endocrine gland. b. secretes enzymes in response to an increased plasma glucose concentration. c. neutralizes the hydrochloric acid secreted by the stomach. d. produces bile. 3. Gastrin a. stimulates acid secretion in the stomach. b. secretion is blocked by the products of protein digestion in the stomach. c. secretion is stimulated by acid in the duodenum. d. is responsible for the chemical or gastric phase of intestinal secretion. 4. When explaining the control of the activities of the GI tract—movement and secretion—the nurse would be most accurate to state that the GI is basically controlled by: a. the sympathetic nervous system. b. the parasympathetic nervous system. c. local nerve reflexes of the GI nerve plexus. d. the medulla in the brain stem. 5. The presence of fat in the duodenum causes a. acid indigestion. b. decreased acid production. c. increased gastrin release. d. contraction of the gallbladder.