Author Question: The nurse is tracing the digestive pathway for a group of nursing students. The nurse educator is ... (Read 37 times)

ssal · **on:** Jul 17, 2018

The nurse is tracing the digestive pathway for a group of nursing students. The nurse educator is reviewing the major organs of the gastrointestinal tract and the function of each.

Based on information provided, what is the correct response by the student nurse of the function of the salivary gland of the gastrointestinal tract? A) It senses the temperature and texture of food and is also involved with the mixing of food with saliva.
B) Food is mixed with gastric juices and churned until it is in a semiliquid form called chyme.
C) Contraction results in continuation of the act of swallowing and pushes the food into the esophagus.
D) Secretion helps in moistening the food, making it easier to swallow and preventing oral infections.

Question 2

Although each family is unique, families share five universal characteristics. Which are included in the characteristics of families?

1 . A family is a large social system.
2 . A family performs certain basic functions.
3 . A family has structure.
4 . A family has universal cultural values and rules.
5 . A family moves through stages in its life cycle.
A) 1, 2, 3
B) 1, 2, 4
C) 2, 3, 5
D) 3, 4, 5

amcvicar · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
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Salivary gland secretions help in moistening the food, making it easier to swallow and preventing oral infections. The tongue senses the temperature and texture of food and is also involved with the mixing of food with saliva. Within the stomach, food is mixed with gastric juices and churned until it is in a semiliquid form called chyme. Contraction of the pharynx results in continuation of the act of swallowing and pushes the food into the esophagus.

Answer to Question 2

C
Feedback:
Although each family is unique, families share five universal characteristics:
A family is a small social system; it performs certain basic functions; it has structure. A family has its own cultural values and rules and it moves through stages in its life cycle.