Multiple Choice Questions

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Fatty acids are absorbed by the

  • lacteals

  • pylorous

  • colon

  • capillaries


A.

lacteals

Lacteals are present in villus absorbed the fatty acids and glycerol molecules.

Pylorus is the opening from the stomach into the duodenum. It prevents intestinal contents from re- entering the stomach.

Colon is a part of large intestine. Its function is to reabsorb fluids and process waste products.

Capillary is a small blood vessel. They are the sites of transfer of oxygen and other nutrients from the bloodstream to other tissues in the body.


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Cholesterol is a precursor for each of the following except

  • bile salts

  • vitamin D

  • insulin

  • steroids


Below freezing point, the pepsin

  • becomes over activated

  • gets destroyed

  • remains unaffected

  • gets inactivated


Wharton's duct is the duct of

  • submandibular salivary gland

  • parotid gland

  • sublingual gland

  • all of these


The pylorous is the constricted part of the alimentary canal which is situated between

  • stomach and duodenum

  • oesophagus and stomach

  • duodenum and ileum

  • ileum and rectum


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Villi are present in

  • large intestine

  • small intestine

  • colon

  • stomach


In horses, rabbits, hares the cellulose gets digested in the

  • caecum

  • stomach

  • appendix

  • rumen


Hydrochloric acid in the stomach is secreted by some special type of cells called

  • peptic cells

  • goblet cells

  • oxyntic cells

  • gastric cells


The intestinal juice, succus entericus is secreted by

  • Brunner's gland

  • Kupffer cells

  • crypts of Leiberkuhn

  • goblet cells


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Food is move along the alimentary canal by the contraction known as

  • peristalsis

  • epiglottis

  • osmosis

  • cyclosis


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