GASTROINTESTINAL PHARMACOLOGY
EXAMINATION SET 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
● Digestive System Structures. Answer: Mouth, esophagus, stomach,
intestines, and accessory structures
● Protective factors. Answer: The digestive tract must work without
being destroyed by the strong acid it makes to digest food
● Digestion variables. Answer: Changes in gastrointestinal blood flow,
amount of surface available, and motility are found in very young and
older adult patients
● Antiemetic Drugs. Answer: Work in the brain, stomach, and intestinal
tract to change the sensation of nausea and to reduce the stomach
contractions that make vomiting occur
● Serotonin (5-HT3) receptor antagonists. Answer: Reduce or halt
nausea and vomiting by blocking (5-HT3) receptors in the intestinal tract
and the CTZ
, ● Substance P antagonists. Answer: Reduce or prevent nausea and
vomiting from cancer chemotherapy and postoperative nausea and
vomiting
● Phenothiazines. Answer: Reduce nausea and vomiting by blocking
dopamine (D2) receptors in the CTZ of the brain
● Cannabinoids. Answer: Reduce nausea and vomiting by binding to
cannabinoid receptors in the CTZ
● Promotility drugs. Answer: Block dopamine 2 receptors in the CTZ;
used to treat postoperative nausea and vomiting, chemotherapy-induced
nausea and vomiting, and GERD
● Nonphenothiazines. Answer: A class of antiemetic drugs that work
differently from phenothiazines
● Anticholinergics. Answer: Drugs that block the action of
acetylcholine to reduce nausea and vomiting
● Ondansetron (Zofran). Answer: A serotonin (5-HT3) receptor
antagonist used to reduce nausea and vomiting
● Aprepitant (Emend-oral). Answer: A substance P/neurokinin1 receptor
antagonist used to prevent nausea and vomiting
EXAMINATION SET 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
● Digestive System Structures. Answer: Mouth, esophagus, stomach,
intestines, and accessory structures
● Protective factors. Answer: The digestive tract must work without
being destroyed by the strong acid it makes to digest food
● Digestion variables. Answer: Changes in gastrointestinal blood flow,
amount of surface available, and motility are found in very young and
older adult patients
● Antiemetic Drugs. Answer: Work in the brain, stomach, and intestinal
tract to change the sensation of nausea and to reduce the stomach
contractions that make vomiting occur
● Serotonin (5-HT3) receptor antagonists. Answer: Reduce or halt
nausea and vomiting by blocking (5-HT3) receptors in the intestinal tract
and the CTZ
, ● Substance P antagonists. Answer: Reduce or prevent nausea and
vomiting from cancer chemotherapy and postoperative nausea and
vomiting
● Phenothiazines. Answer: Reduce nausea and vomiting by blocking
dopamine (D2) receptors in the CTZ of the brain
● Cannabinoids. Answer: Reduce nausea and vomiting by binding to
cannabinoid receptors in the CTZ
● Promotility drugs. Answer: Block dopamine 2 receptors in the CTZ;
used to treat postoperative nausea and vomiting, chemotherapy-induced
nausea and vomiting, and GERD
● Nonphenothiazines. Answer: A class of antiemetic drugs that work
differently from phenothiazines
● Anticholinergics. Answer: Drugs that block the action of
acetylcholine to reduce nausea and vomiting
● Ondansetron (Zofran). Answer: A serotonin (5-HT3) receptor
antagonist used to reduce nausea and vomiting
● Aprepitant (Emend-oral). Answer: A substance P/neurokinin1 receptor
antagonist used to prevent nausea and vomiting