MCQ Bank
A specialized sub-cellular structure involved in osmoregulation is called____________.
- A) Contractile vacuole
- B) Vacuole
- C) Radiating canals
- D) Food vacuole
The brown color of this brown fat comes from the large number of_____________.
- A) Endoplasmic Reticulum
- B) Ribosomes
- C) Golgi apparatus
- D) Mitochondria
The longest part of the small intestine is:
- A) Ileum
- B) Colon
- C) Cecum
- D) Duodenum
Which of the following structures is the common passageway for both food and air?
- A) Pharynx
- B) Esophagus
- C) Nasals
- D) Pharynx and Esophagus
Which of the following cells are found in the stomach that secretes pepsinogen?
- A) Goblet cells
- B) Parietal cells
- C) Chief cells
- D) Stomach cells
Which of the following substances stimulate pancreatic juice production:
- A) Enterokinase
- B) Gastrin
- C) Secretin
- D) HCl
Which of the following converts pepsinogen to pepsin in the stomach?
- A) Chief cells
- B) Gastrin
- C) Mucus
- D) HCL
Diarrhea, Vomiting, Abdominal pain, attacks after eating contaminated food. Which is the disease?
- A) Food poisoning
- B) Scurvy
- C) Dyspepsia
- D) Mal nutrition
Nutritional factors that may increase risk of gallstones include the following except__________.
- A) Eating fewer meals per day
- B) Low fluid consumption
- C) Low intake of calcium, and vitamin C
- D) High intake of leafy vegetables
The final act of digestion, by which organisms eliminate solid, semisolid, or liquid waste material from the digestive tract via the anus is called_______
- A) Defecation
- B) Elimination
- C) Excretion
- D) Secretion
If the urge to defecate is depressed and it becomes difficult to expel the feces. Bleeding aggravate when the patient suffers from constipation. The disease is_______.
- A) Flatulence
- B) Diarrhea
- C) Annorexia
- D) Piles
Human small intestine has a total surface area of approximately:
- A) 300 m2
- B) 100 m2
- C) 400 m2
- D) 200 m2
All the following enzymes are produced by pancreas except:
- A) Chymotrypsin
- B) Lipase
- C) Pepsin
- D) Amylase
Liver is the main storage center of:
- A) Fat soluble vitamins
- B) Glycogen
- C) Water soluble vitamins
- D) Minerals
Following is the common food items which cause dental decay or caries except.
- A) Cakes and biscuits.
- B) Sweets and Chocolate.
- C) Fibrous food
- D) Fruit canned in syrup.
Which is not the correct match?
- A) Lymph vessels—Lipoprotein molecules
- B) Glycerol and fatty acids—Lacteals of lymphatic system
- C) Monosaccharides and amino acids—veins
- D) Monosaccharides and amino acids—Arteries
Stomach secretes substances (enzymes, mucus, and hydrochloric acid (HCl) that start the digestion of:
- A) Carbs
- B) Fats
- C) Vitamins
- D) Proteins
Which of the following enzymes digests proteins into peptides and amino acids?
- A) Chymotrypsin
- B) Nuclease
- C) Lipase
- D) Amylase
Point pain in stomach area, Dark blood in stools, Nausea or vomiting, Burning sensation occur in_____________.
- A) Vertigo
- B) Food poisoning
- C) Dyspepsia
- D) Gastric ulcer
Following are the causes of Gastric ulcer except
- A) Untreated stress
- B) Helicobacter pylori bacteria
- C) Alcoholic beverages
- D) Use of sugary food