A nurse is preparing a teaching plan for a client who is prescribed an oral medication. As part of the plan, the nurse expects to describe the importance of absorption. The nurse would integrate knowledge of which of the following as a mechanism for
absorption in the gastrointestinal tract? Select all that apply.
A) Active transport
B) Transposition
C) Passive transport
D) Endocytosis
E) Pinocytosis
Ans: A, C, E
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During absorption, the drug particles in the GI tract are moved into the body fluids via active transport, passive transport, and pinocytosis.
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