Situation 1: Children have a special fascination with theworkings of the digestive system. To fully understand the digestiveprocesses, Nurse Lavigña must be knowledgeable of the anatomy andphysiology of the gastrointestinal system.
1. The alimentary canal is a continuous, coiled, hollow musculartube that winds through the ventral cavity and is open at bothends. Its solid organs include all of the following except:
a. liver
b. gall bladder
c. stomach
d. pancreas
2. Pharynx is lined with mucous membranes and mucous secretingglands to ease the passage of food. The larygngopharynx serves aspassageway for:
a. air only
b. air and water
c. food, fluids and air
d. air and food
3. Once food has been placed in the mouth, both mechanical andchemical digestions begin. The six activities of the digestiveprocess are:
a. ingestion, mastication, digestion, deglutition, absorption,egestion
b. ingestion, mastication, deglutition, digestion, absorption,egestion
c. deglutition, ingestion, mastication, egestion, absorption,defecation
d. ingestion, digestion, mastication, deglutition, absorption,defecation
4. Most digestive activity occurs in the pyloric region of thestomach. What hormone stimulates the chief cells to producepepsinogen?
a. Gastrin
b. Pepsin
c. HCl
d. Insulin
5. What pancreatic enzyme aids in the digestion ofcarbohydrates?
a. Lipase
b. Trypsin
c. Amylase
d. Chymotrypsin
Situation 2: Nurse Dorina is going to perform an abdominalexamination to Mr. Lim who was admitted due to on and off painsince yesterday.
6. How will you position Mr. Lim prior to procedure?
a. supine with knees flexed
b. prone
c. lying on back
d. sim’s
7. To identify any localized bulging, distention and peristalticwaves, Nurse Dorina must perform which of the following?
a. Auscultation
b. Inspection
c. Palpation
d. Percussion
8. In order to identify areas of tenderness and swelling, NurseDorina must do:
a. deep palpation
b. light palpation
c. percussion
d. palpation
9. Mr. Lim verbalized pain on the right iliac region. Nurse Dorinaknows that the organ affected would be the:
a. liver
b. sigmoid colon
c. appendix
d. duodenum
10. Mr. Lim felt pain upon release of Nurse Dorina’s hand. This canbe referred as:
a. referred pain
b. rebound tenderness
c. direct tenderness
d. indirect tenderness
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