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Dietary Manager Exam Prep

Category - Nutrition Care

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The digestive hormone gastrin exerts all of the following effects except:

Increased esophageal sphincter pressure
Decreased pepsinogen production by the stomach
Increased gallbladder contraction
Increased HCL production by the parietal cells

Explanation

Answer: B - The digestive hormone gastrin increases pepsinogen production by the stomach, in response to the presence of protein foods. Gastrin also increases esophageal sphincter pressure, increases gallbladder contraction, an dincreases HCL production by the parietal cells of the stomach.

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