General Interview Questions - Gastrointestinal

Concept statements Emphasis in your teaching General importance 1. The GI system is NOT homeostatically regulated: it absorbs everything that it can digest that is presented to it . Emphasized Mentioned Not Covered Critical Important Marginal 2. Movement of material through the GI tract occurs because of the presence of pressure gradients created by the coordinated contraction of the smooth muscles that in the walls of the tract (stomach, small and large intestine) . Emphasized Mentioned Not Covered Critical Important Marginal 3. Digestion involves the enzymatic breakdown of food into monomers (amino acids, simple sugars, fatty acids) . Emphasized Mentioned Not Covered Critical Important Marginal 4. The products of digestion (monomers) are absorbed by passive diffusion (fats) or by active transport processes (carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, minerals, vitamins) . Emphasized Mentioned Not Covered Critical Important Marginal 5. The enzymes required for digestion are produced in exocrine organs and released into the GI tract.  They are not derived from the food itself . Emphasized Mentioned Not Covered Critical Important Marginal 6. The motility and secretory activities of the GI tract organs is controlled by the intrinsic (enteric) and extrinsic (autonomic) nervous systems and by hormonal signals . Emphasized Mentioned Not Covered Critical Important Marginal your email for tracking & responding only   Where do you teach? Outside of the USA Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Dist. Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming I do not teach I teach, but not biology I am researcher in the private sector I teach elementary secondary college level biology     I would add the following statement to the list:   jump to top | modified - MK - 26 July 2003 |