MCQs on Gut
Q. This food component is affected if the stomach’s pH is 7
(a) Fat
(b) Starch
(c) Sucrose
(d) Protein
Answer: : (d)
Q. The actual function of the vertebrate stomach is
(a) absorption
(b) storage
(c) digestion
(d) enzyme secretion
Answer: : (b)
Q. Digestion of proteins is accomplished in
(a) Duodenum
(b) Ileum
(c) Rectum
(d) Stomach
Answer: : (b)
Q. Name the valve running between the stomach and the oesophagus
(a) pyloric sphincter
(b) ileo-caecal valve
(c) gastric valve
(d) cardiac sphincter
Answer: : (d)
Q. This is the common passage for breathing and swallowing food
(a) Glottis
(b) Pharynx
(c) Larynx
(d) Gullet
Answer: : (b)
Q. These are the functional units of food absorption
(a) Peyer’s patches
(b) Crypts of Lieberkuhn
(c) Brunner’s glands
(d) Villi
Answer: : (d)
Q. This is not an enzyme of the digestive system
(a) Enterokinase
(b) Enterogastrone
(c) Amylase
(d) Trypsin
Answer: : (b)
Q. The gastric glands are situated in this layer of the stomach
(a) Submucosa
(b) Mucosa
(c) Muscularis mucosa
(d) Serosa
Answer: : (b)
Q. Movement of the walls of the gut is known as
(a) Metachronal
(b) Diastole
(c) Peristalsis
(d) Systole
Answer: : (c)
Q. The fundic part of the stomach is
(a) absent in frog, present in rabbit
(b) absent in both frog and rabbit
(c) present in both frog and rabbit
(d) absent in rabbit, present in frog
Answer: : (a)
