Which of the following is true about digestion and 

absorption of food?

1. Trypsin, chymotrypsin and carboxypeptidase

     are brush border enzymes

2. The chemical process of digestion is initiated

      in the oral cavity. About 60% Starch is 

      hydrolysed here by salivary amylase to form

      maltose

3. Rennin is a proteolytic enzyme found in gastric 

     juice of infants. Small amount of lipases are 

     also secreted by the gastric glands

4. If breast feeding is replaced by less nutritive

     food low in proteins and calories, the infants

     below the age of one year will suffer from 

     Kwashiorkar

Subtopic:  Gastric Secretions |
 75%
Level 2: 60%+
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What will happen if bile duct gets blocked?

1. Faces become dry 
2. Acidic chyme will not be neutralised
3. There will be little digestion in intestine
4. Little absorption of fats will occur
Subtopic:  Bile |
 60%
Level 2: 60%+
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Vitamin B12 is absorbed by the help of secretions 

of which cells of stomach?

1. Goblet cells  2. Parietal cells
3. peptic cells 4. Chief cells
Subtopic:  Gastric Secretions |
 83%
Level 1: 80%+
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When skin and eyes turn yellow, it the symptom

of 

1. Vomiting  2. Diarrhoea
3. Jaundice  4. Constipation
Subtopic:  Disorders of Digestive System |
 95%
Level 1: 80%+
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Succus entericus is the term used for which of the  following?

1. A junction present between ileum and large intestine
2. Foramen present in the heart
3. Swelling in throat 
4. Intestinal juice

Subtopic:  Intestinal Secretions |
 90%
Level 1: 80%+
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Match the column I with column II

Column I  Column II
a. Bilirubin and biliverdin  (i) Sub-lingual
b. Hydrolysis of starch (ii) Bile pigments
c. Digestion of proteins  (iii) Trypsin
d. Salivary glands (iv) Amylase

1. a(ii), b(iv), c(i), d(iii)
2. a(iv), b(i), c(iii), d(ii)
3. a(iii), b(ii), c(iv), d(i) 
4. a(ii), b(iv), c(iii), d(i)

Subtopic:  Accessory Digestive Glands | Bile | Pancreatic Secretions | Intestinal Secretions |
 89%
Level 1: 80%+
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Which of the following structures prevents the back flow of faecal matter?

1. Cardiac sphincter 2. Pyloric sphincter
3. lleo-caecal value 4. Sphincter of Oddi

Subtopic:  Movement of Food in Gut |
 92%
Level 1: 80%+
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HCl provides the pH which is about 

1. 1.8 2. 3.2 
3. 5.0 4. 6.8

Subtopic:  Gastric Secretions |
 88%
Level 1: 80%+
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Which of the following reactions is not catalysed

by a brush border enzyme?

1. Maltose Maltase glucose+ glucose

2. Lactose Lactase glucose + glucose

3. Starch Amylase Disaccharide

4. Nucleotides Nucleotidase Nucleoside

Subtopic:  Digestive Secretions: Saliva |
 51%
Level 3: 35%-60%
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Which of the following statements is incorrect?

1. About 30% of starch is hydrolysed in the buccal cavity
2. Small amounts of lipases are also secreted by gastric glands
3. Chymotrypsinogen is activated by trypsin
4. Brunner's glands secrete enzymes and mucus

Subtopic:  Intestinal Secretions |
 69%
Level 2: 60%+
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