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.
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.
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