Question

A cyclic peptide that damages mitochondria and stimulates this process consists of three repeats of the sequence “oxy-leucine, alanine, oxy-valine, valine.” This process occurs in a “cyclic” fashion in an idiopathic disorder described in section B3b (15[1])of the Rome criteria. Excess occurrence of this process is the most common cause of Mallory-Weiss syndrome. Cereulide (-5[1])(“sear”-EE-you-lyde) stimulates this process (15[1])by activating 5-HT3 receptors in a section of the area postrema called the (-5[1])(*) chemoreceptor trigger zone. Drugs like on·dan·se·tron (10[2])and di·men·hy·drin·ate prevent this process, which is preceded by contraction of the antrum, (10[1]-5[1])relaxation of the fundus, (10[1])and retro·peristalsis in the proximal (10[1])small intestine. (-5[1])The term “emesis” (10[1])(EM-iss-iss) refers (10[3])to, for 10 (10[2])points, what forcible (10[2])expulsion of the contents of the upper GI (10[1])tract? (10[2])■END■

ANSWER: vomiting [accept puking or throwing up; accept cyclic vomiting syndrome; accept emesis before “emesis”; prompt on nausea or retching by asking “what happens next?”]
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