The nurse is reviewing GI function with a patient. Which body structure should the nurse emphasize as accomplishing mechanical digestion in the stomach?
a. Mucosa
b. Gastric glands
c. Smooth muscle layers
d. Striated muscle layers
ANS: C
The stomach wall has three layers of smooth muscle that provide very efficient mechanical digestion to change food to a thick liquid called chyme. A. B. D. These structures do not perform mechanical digestion in the stomach.
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