A patient who has undergone gastrectomy (removal of the stomach) may suffer from:
- A. cirrhosis
- B. pernicious anemia
- C. gastric ulcer
- D. inability to digest fats
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Gastrectomy can lead to pernicious anemia due to reduced intrinsic factor production, necessary for vitamin B12 absorption.
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In Colon, constrictions of its wall form a series of small pockets called-
- A. Haustra
- B. Crypts of Lieberkuhn
- C. Zymogen cells
- D. Taeniae
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Haustra are the small pouches formed by the constrictions of the colon wall, aiding in the mixing and absorption process.
The nurse is caring for a client who is returning from the operating room following a cholecystectomy, or removal of the gallbladder. The nurse knows that the function of the gallbladder is to:
- A. Manufacture bile
- B. Concentrate bile
- C. Remove toxins from the blood
- D. Make albumin
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The gallbladder concentrates and stores bile produced by the liver.
Which of the following is not a function of liver :-
- A. Deamination
- B. Bile storage
- C. Synthesis of plasma protein
- D. Storage of fat soluble vitamin
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Bile storage is a function of the gallbladder, not the liver, which produces bile.
Which of the given enzymes is responsible for the digestion of milk protein?
- A. Erepsin
- B. Trypsin
- C. Pepsin
- D. Rennin
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Rennin is responsible for the digestion of milk protein. Rennin is present in the human body in its inactive form called prorenin. When we consume milk, it reacts with the hydrochloric acid present in the stomach. Hydrochloric acid activates the inert prorenin and converts it into active Rennin.
A client is to have a colostomy formed in the descending colon just below the splenic flexure. The nurse expects that the stoma will be positioned in which anatomic location?
- A. Right upper quadrant
- B. Right lower quadrant
- C. Left upper quadrant
- D. Left lower quadrant
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The splenic flexure is on the left side near the spleen, and the descending colon is in the left upper quadrant.
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