When breast feeding is replaced by less nutritive food low in proteins and calories; the infants below the age of one year are likely to suffer from:
Marasmus
Rickets
Kwashiorkor
Pellagra
Which one of the following statement is true regarding digestion and absorption of food in humans?
Oxyntic cells in our stomach secrete the proenzyme pepsinogen.
Fructose and amino acids are absorbed through intestinal mucosa with the help of carrier ions like Na+.
Chylomicrons are small lipoprotein particles that are transported from intestine into blood capillaries.
About 60% of starch is hydrolysed by salivary amylase in our mouth.
Where are the digestive hormones secretin and cholecystokinin secreted?
Oesophagus
Ileum
Duodenum
Pyloric stomach
Which vitamin deficiency causes the hemorrhagic disease of new born ?
Vitamin-A
Vitamin-B1
Vitamin-B12
Vitamin-K
How is secretion of gastric juice stopped?
Gastrin
Pancreozymin
Cholecystokinin
Enterogasterone
What do pancreas produce?
Three digestive enzymes and one hormone
Three digestive enzymes and two hormones
Two digestive enzymes and one hormone
Three digestive enzymes and no hormone
Where are the zymogen or chief cells mainly found in man?
Cardiac part of stomach
Pyloric part of stomach
Fundic part of stomach
The richest sources of vitamin-B12 .
Goat's liver and Spirulina
Chocolate and green gram
Rice and hen's egg
Carrot and chicken's breast
Which one of the following is a matching pair of a substrate and its particular digestive enzyme?
Maltose - Maltase
Lactose - Rennin
Starch - Steapsin
Casein - Chymotrypsin
Where do Brunner's glands occur?
Sub-mucosa of duodenum
Sub-mucosa of stomach
Mucosa of oesophagus
Mucosa of ileum
