Hormonal control of the secretion of digestive juices is carried out by:
1. local hormones produced by the gastric and intestinal mucosa
2. hypothalamic hormones
3. hormones of the anterior pituitary gland
4. hormones of adrenal cortex
An innermost oblique muscle layer is present in the wall of:
1. Oesophagus | 2. Stomach |
3. Ascending colon | 4. Rectum |
An investment of loose connective tissue entering the liver with the portal vessels and sheathing the larger vessels in their course through the organ is termed as:
1. Falciform ligament
2. Glisson’s capsule
3. Cantlie’s line
4. Ligamentum teres
The vomiting center in human beings is located in:
1. Pons Varolii
2. Medulla oblongata
3. Hypothalamus
4. Cerebrum
Anxiety and eating spicy food together in an otherwise normal human, may lead to
1. Indigestion
2. Jaundice
3. Diarrhoea
4. Vomiting
Succus entericus is a term used for
1. The junction of ileum and colon
2. Inflammation of intestine
3. Vermiform appendix
4. Digestive juice of intestine
Which of the following is the structural and functional unit of liver?
1. Hepatic cells
2. Hepatic cord
3. Hepatic lobule
4. Hepatic lobe
Our teeth are
1. Acrodont and homodont
2. Homodont and polyphyodont
3. Thecodont, diphyodont and heterodont
4. Acrodont, homodont and polyphyodont
Arrange the following events in chronological sequence [first to last]:
1. protein-coated triacylglycerols enter lacteals
2. triacylglycerol coated with protein
3. fatty acids and glycerol packaged into micelles
4. bile salts emulsify fats
5. lipase digests fat
1. 1,2,4,5,3
2. 2,5,4,3,1
3. 3,5,4,1,2
4. 4,5,3,2,1
Identify the correct statement regarding Saliva:
1. Its secretion is increased by sympathetic nervous system.
2. It contains amylase, which digests 100 % starch.
3. It contains bactericidal lysozyme.
4. Its secretion is increased during sleep.