What Is Meant by the Term "Motility" in Reference to the GI

question 76

Multiple Choice

What is meant by the term "motility" in reference to the GI tract?

• A)The efficiency of lymph transport
• B)The ability of the GI tract muscles to move
• C)The speed of gastric digestive juice release
• D)The speed of pancreatic digestive juice release

---

Definitions:

Type O

A blood type in the ABO blood group system that has neither A nor B antigens on red cells and is considered the universal donor.

Phagocytosis

The process by which certain living cells called phagocytes ingest or engulf other cells or particles.

Sideropenia

A medical condition characterized by a deficiency in iron, which can lead to anemia.

Thalassemia

A blood disorder involving less than normal amounts of an oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells, resulting in anemia.