Which information indicates the nurse understands digestion? During the cephalic and gastric phases of digestion, gallbladder contraction is mediated by branches of the:
a. sympathetic nervous system.
b. somatic nervous system.
c. vagus nerve.
d. glossopharyngeal nerve.
ANS: C
Gallbladder contraction is mediated by cholinergic branches of the vagus nerve, not the sympa-thetic nervous system. Gallbladder contraction is not mediated by the somatic or glossopharyn-geal nerves.
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