A Person Who Has Difficulty Swallowing Is Diagnosed as Having

question 79

Multiple Choice

A person who has difficulty swallowing is diagnosed as having esophageal achalasia, a condition that involves the ANS. What division and action would you expect to be the cause of this problem

• A)parasympathetic, which causes excessive and irregular esophageal contraction
• B)sympathetic, which causes too-rapid peristaltic movement of the esophagus
• C)a defect in the sympathetic swallowing center that coordinates esophageal contraction
• D)defects in both sympathetic and parasympathetic responses, causing esophageal spasms
• E)None of the answers are correct.

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