What type of fibers stimulate the salivary glands? - correct answers -
Cholinergic fibers
What part of the esophagus is innervated by nerve fibers? - correct
answers - The lower third
What artery provides blood to the stomach? - correct answers - Celiac
artery
What hormone is responsible for the inhibition of stomach contraction?
-
correct answers - Secretin
Gastrin increases stomach contraction (aids in motility) and produces
acid in the antrum, duodenum, and pancreas by G-cells
Which cells of the stomach secrete hydrochloric acid and intrinsic factor?
-
correct answers - Parietal cells
Pernicious anemia* (Vitamin B12 deficiency)
Which enzyme is responsible for cleaving fatty acids from phospholipids?
-
correct answers - Phospholipase
Which enzyme is responsible for breaking the end amino acids away from
the ingested protein? - correct answers - Carboxypeptidase
What is true of unconjugated bilirubin? - correct answers -
Unconjugated bilirubin is bilirubin bound to albumin.
Also called "free bilirubin"
Define pepsin - correct answers - Produced in the stomach and breaks
down proteins Think P and P
Define Lipase - correct answers - Produced by the pancreas and
breaks down triglycerides
Define
GRADED amylase - correct answers - Produced in the mouth and
breaks down starch
A+
, "Amy eats a starchy meal"
What are 3 characteristics of celiac disease? - correct answers
- Anemia Diminished growth
Deficiences in fat-soluble vitamins
Is pyloric stenosis more common in male or female infants ?
- correct
answers - Males
A 74-year-old male complains of rectal bleeding for the past year. He has not
change in bowel habits and denies abdominal pain, weight loss, and rectal
pain. He has seen blood in the toilet water and when wiping approximately
once every few weeks, but lately the bleeding has increased. He had
colonoscopy 5 year ago. The FNP should: -
correct answers - Schedule a colonoscopy to look for colon polyps and/or
cancer
An overweigh, middle-aged woman has right upper quadrant pain that
radiates to her right subscapular area and is severe and persistent. She is
also experiencing anorexia, nausea, and a fever. Her most recent meal was a
double quarter-pound cheeseburger, French fries, and a milkshake. The FNP
examines the abdomen and percusses for CVA tenderness. the abdomen is
tender in the RUQ. Which of the following signs corresponds with the correct
diagnosis? - correct answers - Murphy's sign: the
patient has cholecystitis
McBurney's sign is related to
appendicitis CVA tenderness is
related to UTIs
A sudden onset of diarrhea that consists of five to six loose stools a day
and awakens the pt at night with cramping, but without blood in the stools,
would most likely be caused by what? - correct answers - Infection
Clues for infection are awakening at night, cramping without blood,
sudden onset Those S/S are either infection or inflammation
The FNP is discussion Clostridium difficile infection with the family of a 68-
year-old female who lives with them and who was recently diagnosed with
the infection. Which of the following statements would be the most important
for the family to understand? -
correct answers - Pt needs to use a different bathroom than the rest of the
family
GRADED
A+
Contact isolation
An older woman is noted to have iron-deficiency anemia. She has no pain
or rectal bleeding. What hx would raise suspicion of a gastric ulcer? -
correct answers - An ankle sprain requiring 800mg of ibuprofen 3 times a
day for the last 6 weeks
Cholinergic fibers
What part of the esophagus is innervated by nerve fibers? - correct
answers - The lower third
What artery provides blood to the stomach? - correct answers - Celiac
artery
What hormone is responsible for the inhibition of stomach contraction?
-
correct answers - Secretin
Gastrin increases stomach contraction (aids in motility) and produces
acid in the antrum, duodenum, and pancreas by G-cells
Which cells of the stomach secrete hydrochloric acid and intrinsic factor?
-
correct answers - Parietal cells
Pernicious anemia* (Vitamin B12 deficiency)
Which enzyme is responsible for cleaving fatty acids from phospholipids?
-
correct answers - Phospholipase
Which enzyme is responsible for breaking the end amino acids away from
the ingested protein? - correct answers - Carboxypeptidase
What is true of unconjugated bilirubin? - correct answers -
Unconjugated bilirubin is bilirubin bound to albumin.
Also called "free bilirubin"
Define pepsin - correct answers - Produced in the stomach and breaks
down proteins Think P and P
Define Lipase - correct answers - Produced by the pancreas and
breaks down triglycerides
Define
GRADED amylase - correct answers - Produced in the mouth and
breaks down starch
A+
, "Amy eats a starchy meal"
What are 3 characteristics of celiac disease? - correct answers
- Anemia Diminished growth
Deficiences in fat-soluble vitamins
Is pyloric stenosis more common in male or female infants ?
- correct
answers - Males
A 74-year-old male complains of rectal bleeding for the past year. He has not
change in bowel habits and denies abdominal pain, weight loss, and rectal
pain. He has seen blood in the toilet water and when wiping approximately
once every few weeks, but lately the bleeding has increased. He had
colonoscopy 5 year ago. The FNP should: -
correct answers - Schedule a colonoscopy to look for colon polyps and/or
cancer
An overweigh, middle-aged woman has right upper quadrant pain that
radiates to her right subscapular area and is severe and persistent. She is
also experiencing anorexia, nausea, and a fever. Her most recent meal was a
double quarter-pound cheeseburger, French fries, and a milkshake. The FNP
examines the abdomen and percusses for CVA tenderness. the abdomen is
tender in the RUQ. Which of the following signs corresponds with the correct
diagnosis? - correct answers - Murphy's sign: the
patient has cholecystitis
McBurney's sign is related to
appendicitis CVA tenderness is
related to UTIs
A sudden onset of diarrhea that consists of five to six loose stools a day
and awakens the pt at night with cramping, but without blood in the stools,
would most likely be caused by what? - correct answers - Infection
Clues for infection are awakening at night, cramping without blood,
sudden onset Those S/S are either infection or inflammation
The FNP is discussion Clostridium difficile infection with the family of a 68-
year-old female who lives with them and who was recently diagnosed with
the infection. Which of the following statements would be the most important
for the family to understand? -
correct answers - Pt needs to use a different bathroom than the rest of the
family
GRADED
A+
Contact isolation
An older woman is noted to have iron-deficiency anemia. She has no pain
or rectal bleeding. What hx would raise suspicion of a gastric ulcer? -
correct answers - An ankle sprain requiring 800mg of ibuprofen 3 times a
day for the last 6 weeks
