The transporter involved in apical transport of glucose in an enterocyte is:
1. GLUT2
2. GLUT4
3. SGLT-1
4. GLUT5
What is true about the Peyer's patches in the intestinal wall?
1. They are lymphoid nodules located in the ileum
2. They are lymph nodes located in the duodenum
3. They protect the large intestine from bacteria in the small intestine, which might pass through the ileocecal valve
4. They are lymphoid nodules located in the ileum and protect the large intestine from bacteria in the small intestine, which might pass through the ileocecal valve
Amongst the enteroendocrine cells, histamine is secreted by:
1. Enterochromaffin cells
2. Enterochromaffin like cells
3. I cells
4. D cells
A young infant may be feeding entirely on mother's milk, which is white in colour but the stools, which the infant passes out are quite yellowish. What is this yellow colour due to?
1. Intestinal juice
2. Bile pigments passed through bile juice
3. Undigested milk protein casein
4. Pancreatic juice poured into duodenum
Cattle fed with spoilt hay of sweet clover which contains dicumarol
1. are healthier due to a good diet
2. catch infections easily
3. may suffer vitamin K deficiency and prolonged bleeding
4. may suffer from beri beri due to deficiency of B vitamins
Assertion: Pernicious anemia is preventable with balanced diet or with supplements.
Reason: Most green leafy vegetables have an adequate amount of B12 that can prevent pernicious anemia.
1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false.
Assertion: The microvilli of small intestinal epithelium are important for the final step of digestion of carbohydrates especially.
Reason: The microvilli that constitute the brush border have enzymes for this final part of digestion anchored into their apical plasma membrane as integral membrane proteins.
1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false.
Assertion: In humans none of the lipases act in an acidic pH.
Reason: All lipases require bile salts for their activation.
1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false.
Assertion: In the fetus, the liver does not perform the normal digestive processes.
Reason: In infants nutrients are received directly from the mother via the placenta.
1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false.
Assertion: Defecation is frequently accompanied by urination.
Reason: During defecation, the external sphincter muscles relax.
1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false.