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GeekyMedics Quiz - Gastro Physiology

1.-Which one of the following is NOT a GI tract layer?


a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Longitudinal muscle
Myenteric plexus
Circular muscle
Meissner plexus
Interlobular plexus

2.- What is the role of the individual muscle layers within the GI tract?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Contracting and relaxing movements


Propulsive and mixing movements
Thrusting and mixing movements
Propelling and contracting movements

3.- GI hormone released by K cells


a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Gastrin
Motilin
Gastric inhibitory peptide
Cholecystokinin
Secretin

4.- GI hormone released by I cells


a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Gastrin
Motilin
Gastric inhibitory peptide
Cholecystokinin
Secretin

5.- GI hormone released by G cells


a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Gastrin
Motilin
Gastric inhibitory peptide
Cholecystokinin
Secretin

6.- Paracrine hormone released from D cells located in the stomach and pancreas to inhibit acid
secretion.
a) Histamine
b) Somatostatin
c) Prostaglandins
7.- Which one of the following muscles is NOT involved in swallowing?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Upper esophageal sphincter


Striated esophageal muscle
Medial esophageal sphincter
Lower esophageal sphincter

8.- What are the two main GI tract sites of carbohydrate digestion?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Mouth and esophagus


Stomach and duodenum
Mouth and small intestine
Small and large intestine

9.- Where are carbohydrate mainly absorbed?


a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Stomach
Esophagus
Jejunum
Duodenum
Large intestine

10.- What are the phases of pancreatic secretion?


a)
b)
c)
d)

Esophageal, gastric and intestinal


Cephalic, gastric and intestinal
Exocrine and endocrine
Release of secretin and release of cholecystokinin

11.- Neuroendocrine cells found in pancreatic islets that secrete somatostatin


a)
b)
c)
d)

Delta cells
Alpha cells
Beta cells
F cells

12.- Neuroendocrine cells found in pancreatic islets that secrete glucagon


a)
b)
c)
d)

Delta cells
Epsilon cells
Beta cells
Alpha cells

13.- Which of the following is NOT one of glucagons principal physiologic functions?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Glycogenolysis
Gluconeogenesis
Lipolysis
Insulinogenesis
Ketogenesis

REFERENCES:

- Ganong, W. F., & Barrett, K. E. (2005). Review of medical physiology (Vol. 21). ^ eNew York
New York: McGraw-Hill Medical.

- Preston, R. R., & Wilson, T. E. (2012). Physiology (Vol. 1). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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