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Questions Related to alimentary canal

Which of the following sugars is absorbed from the small
intestine by facilitated diffusion

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  1. Fructose

  2. Glucose

  3. Sucrose

  4. Lactose

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Glucose and gala dose are absorbed by active transport. Fructoseis absorbed by facilitated diffusion.

Fatty acid and glycerol are first taken up from alimentary
canal by

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  1. villi

  2. Blood capillaries

  3. Hepatic portal vein

  4. Lymph vessels

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Generally, fatty acids upto a chain length of 10 carbon atom are primarily absorbed through the blood capillaries, but those with higher chain length through lymphatic route (lymph vessels).

Disaccharide which gives two molecules of glucose is ____________.

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  1. Lactose

  2. Sucrose

  3. Maltose

  4. Galactose

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Maltose is composed of two molecules of glucose.
So, the correct answer is 'Maltose'

Gastric juice is

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  1. Acidic

  2. Alkaline

  3. Neutral

  4. Slightly alkaline

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Correct Option: A

Pancreatic juice and bile are poured through

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  1. A common area into duodenum

  2. Two distinct ducts into duodenum

  3. A common duct into ileum

  4. Two distinct ducts into ileum

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Correct Option: A

Chymotrypsin is a component of

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  1. Bile

  2. Pancreatic juice

  3. Succus entericus

  4. Gastric juice

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Correct Option: B

A digestive enzyme functional only in infants is

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  1. Lactase

  2. Gastric lipase

  3. Intestinal lipase

  4. Chymotrypsin

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Correct Option: B

Succus entericus is

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  1. Swollen area between ileum and rectum

  2. Intestinal juice

  3. Any swelling in gut

  4. Vermiform appendix

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Correct Option: B

Cells of pancreas secreting pancreatic juice are.

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  1. Acinar cells

  2. Goblet cells

  3. Peptic cells

  4. Oxyntic cells

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Correct Option: A

Most of the fat digestion occurs in

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  1. Rectum

  2. Stomach

  3. Duodenum

  4. Small intestine

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Digestion of fat begins in duodenum with the help of pancreatic lipase but cannot be completed there because of its small size. Further it is component of small intestine. In infants some digestion occurs in stomach.