The nurse, instructing a client prior to gastric bypass surgery, explains that chyme cannot pass into the small intestine until it is ______ mm in size. Standard Text: Record your answer rounding to the nearest whole number
What will be an ideal response?
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale: The pyloric sphincter regulates the flow of substances leaving the stomach. Chyme moves in "spurts" through the sphincter into the small intestine. Large pieces of food are refluxed back into the body of the stomach, where they are reduced in size to about 2 mm so that they may pass through the sphincter.
Global Rationale: The pyloric sphincter regulates the flow of substances leaving the stomach. Chyme moves in "spurts" through the sphincter into the small intestine. Large pieces of food are refluxed back into the body of the stomach, where they are reduced in size to about 2 mm so that they may pass through the sphincter.
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