HUMAN NUTRITION

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Tube feedings can be (select all that apply)
A
Down nose to stomach
B
Through skin to stomach
C
Through skin to intestines
D
Through an IV
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Enteral feeding tubes allow liquid food to enter your stomach or intestine through a tube. The soft, flexible tube enters a surgically created opening in the abdominal wall called an ostomy. An enterostomy tube in the stomach is called a gastrostomy. A tube in the small intestine is called a jejunostomy.

Detailed explanation-2: -A gastrostomy feeding tube insertion is the placement of a feeding tube through the skin and the stomach wall. It goes directly into the stomach. The stomach connects the esophagus to the small intestine, and acts as an important reservoir for food, prior to delivery to the small intestine.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nasogastric tubes. Nasojejunal tube (NJT) Jejunostomy tubes (JEJ, PEJ or RIJ tubes) Radiologically inserted gastrostomy tube (RIG) Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes (PEG tube)

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