Besides Putting the Patient to Sleep, Some Anesthetics Effectively Stop

question 47

Multiple Choice

Besides putting the patient to sleep, some anesthetics effectively stop food from moving through the intestine. Therefore, after an operation, the surgeon will not permit a patient to eat until food is moving normally through the digestive system. Without knowing more about the anesthetics, what is the likely mode of action of the anesthetic?

• A) The anesthetic probably slows the cardiac muscle, which in turn slows all other organ systems.
• B) The anesthetic probably affects nerves that slow all skeletal muscle actions.
• C) The anesthetic probably affects nerves that slow all smooth muscle actions.
• D) The anesthetic probably affects nerves that stop all homeostatic actions.
• E) The anesthetic probably affects nerves that stop all muscle contraction.

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