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
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 |
Vitamin is absorbed by the help of secretions
of which cells of stomach?
| 1. | Goblet cells | 2. | Parietal cells |
| 3. | peptic cells | 4. | Chief cells |
When skin and eyes turn yellow, it the symptom
of
| 1. | Vomiting | 2. | Diarrhoea |
| 3. | Jaundice | 4. | Constipation |
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 |
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)
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 |
HCl provides the pH which is about
| 1. | 1.8 | 2. | 3.2 |
| 3. | 5.0 | 4. | 6.8 |
Which of the following reactions is not catalysed
by a brush border enzyme?
1. Maltose glucose+ glucose
2. Lactose glucose + glucose
3. Starch Disaccharide
4. Nucleotides Nucleoside
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 |