What is not true regarding vomiting?
1. It is the ejection of stomach contents through the mouth.
2. It is usually voluntary but can occur as a reflex action.
3. It is controlled by the vomit centre in the medulla oblongata.
4. A feeling of nausea precedes vomiting.

The specific role of bile pigments with respect to fat utilization is:
1. Emulsification
2. Micelle formation
3. Enterohepatic circulation
4. Nothing

Which of the following would not be classified as an accessory digestive gland?
1. Liver
2. Crypts of Lieberkuhn
3. Pancreas
4. Salivary glands

The proteolytic enzymes of pancreatic juice act on all the following except:
1. Proteins
2. Proteoses
3. Peptones
4. Aminopeptides

In jaundice, skin and eyes turn yellow due to the deposition of:
1. Bile salts
2. Carotenoids
3. Xanthophylls
4. Bile pigments

Which of the following is a sub-mucosal gland?
1. Sublingual salivary gland
2. Pyloric glands
3. Brunner’s glands
4. Submandibular salivary gland

Chylomicrons are:

Marasmus is not characterized by:
1. onset age less than one year
2. simultaneous deficiency of proteins and calories
3. impairment of mental faculties
4. extensive edema and swelling of body parts

The muscular activities of different parts ofthe alimentary canal can also be moderated by neural mechanisms that involve:
I. local mechanisms
II. through CNS

1. I only
2. II only
3. Both I and II
4. Neither I nor II

Diarrhoea is most likely to affect most the process of:
1. Ingestion of food
2. Passage of food through the upper alimentary canal
3. Digestion of the food in the large intestine
4. The absorption of food