Select the Correct Statement About Digestive Processes

question 29

Multiple Choice

Select the correct statement about digestive processes.

• A)All commonly ingested substances are significantly absorbed by the mucosa of the stomach.
• B)Chyme entering the duodenum can decrease gastric motility via the enterogastric reflex.
• C)Enterogastrone is a hormone that helps increase gastric motility.
• D)Pepsin is an enzyme produced by the stomach for the purpose of starch digestion.

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Definitions:

Repression

A defense mechanism where unpleasant thoughts, memories, or desires are kept out of conscious awareness.

Oedipus Complex

A psychoanalytic theory introduced by Sigmund Freud, which suggests that a child has unconscious sexual desires for their opposite-sex parent and hostility toward the same-sex parent.

Conscience

An inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.

Defense Mechanisms

Psychological strategies brought into play by individuals to cope with reality and maintain self-image.