Fructose is absorbed into the blood through mucosa cells of intestine by the process called:
1. Active transport
2. Facilitated transport
3. Simple diffusion
4. Co-transport mechanism
Anxiety and eating spicy food together in an otherwise normal human, may lead to:
1. Indigestion
2. Jaundice
3. Diarrhoea
4. vomiting
1. Rennin
2. Lipase
3. Trypsin
4. Pepsin
Carrier ions like Na+ facilitate the absorption of substances like:
1. amino acids and glucose
2. glucose and fatty acids
3. fatty acids and glycerol
4. fructose and some amino acids
If for some reason our goblet cells are non-functional, this will adversely affect:
1. production of somatostatin
2. secretion of sebum from the sebaceous glands
3. maturation of sperms
4. smooth movement of food down the intestine
Which one of the following pair of food components in humans reaches the stomach totally undigested?
1. Protein and starch
2. Starch and fat
3. Fat and cellulose
4. Starch and cellulose
When breast feeding is replaced by less nutritive food low in proteins and calories, infants below the age of one year are likely to suffer from:
1. marasmus
2. rickets
3. kwashiorkor
4. pellagra
Which one of the following statement is true regarding digestion and absorption of food in humans?
1. | Oxyntic cells in our stomach secrete the proenzyme pepsinogen |
2. | Fructose and amino acids are absorbed through intestinal mucosa with the help of carrier ions like Na+. |
3. | Chylomicrons are small lipoprotein particles that are transported from intestine into blood capillaries. |
4. | About 60% of starch is hydrolysed by salivary amylase in our mouth. |
A young infant may be feeding entirely on mother's milk, which is white in colour but the stools, which the infant passes out is quite yellowish. What is this yellow colour due to?
1. Intestinal juice
2. Bile pigments passed through bile juice
3. Undigested milk protein casein
4. pancreatic juice poured into the duodenum
1. | Gastric juice will be deficient in chymosin |
2. | Gastric juice will be deficient in pepsinogen |
3. | In the absence of HCl secretion, inactive pepsinogen is not converted into the active enzyme pepsin |
4. | Enterokinase will not be released from the duodenal mucosa and so trypsinogen is not converted to trypsin |