A patient who has suffered a spinal injury in an automobile accident is determined to have an interruption of spinal transmission at the sixth cervical vertebra

Which of the following gastrointestinal functions would be expected to be abnormal in such a patient?

A. gastric acid secretion
B. lipid digestion/absorption
C. defecation
D. peristalsis
E. swallowing
F. none of the above


ANS: C

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