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Medication Aide Unit 11 Questions and
Answers Rated A
Define digest: ✔✔to break down food into substances that can be absorbed and used by the body
Distend: ✔✔to become larger than normal
Neutralize: ✔✔to make inactive or harmless
trace a bite of food through the Digestive System: ✔✔mouth, esophagus, stomach, duodeneum, jejunum, ileum, large intestines, colon, rectum
how can the digestive system change with age? ✔✔bad teeth, poor digestion, constipation, absorb less nutrition
Define each of these disorders: ✔✔
Peptic Ulcer Disease )PUD): ✔✔over secretion of stomach acid
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD): ✔✔muscle at the top of the stomach relaxes and stomach contents enter the lower end of the esphagus
Hiatal Hernia (HH): ✔✔part of the stomach bulges into the chest cavity
constipation: ✔✔hard and infrequent bowel movements abdominal distentions, straigning, headache, nausea
list action and possible side effects of the following drug families: ✔✔
Digestants: ✔✔drugs which replace or stimulate the production of digestive juices
Antacids: ✔✔medications used to neutralize the acid in the stomach. diarrhea, constipation or bloating
Antispasmodics: ✔✔control muscle spasms by depressing the nerve stimulation of the muscles in the digestive tract
Antiemetics: ✔✔used to prevent and treat nausea and vomiting. restless, depression, dizziness, respiratory depression
laxative (cathartic): ✔✔used to treat constipation. stimulate saline, bulk-forming
Acid depressors: ✔✔used to treat ulcers. side effects are rare
