NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
NUTRITION
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Question
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The stomach is a
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thick wailed bag
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thin wailed bag
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sac
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fatty bag
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The stomach is a thick-walled muscular bag. Its shape is like a flattened U and it is the widest part of the alimentary canal. The inner lining of the stomach secretes mucous, hydrochloric acid, and digestive juices.
Detailed explanation-2: -The stomach is a muscular bag and it churns the food to help break it down mechanically as well as chemically. The food is then squeezed through a second sphincter into the first part of the small intestine, called the duodenum.
Detailed explanation-3: -Four main layers constitute the stomach wall, including the mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa, and the serosa.
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