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  • A. Renin
  • B. Personage
  • C. Rennin
  • D. Gastrin

Explanation: Rennin, also known as chymosin, is the correct answer. It is an enzyme found in the gastric juice of many infant mammals, including…

Correct answer: Rennin
  • A. Buccal chamber
  • B. intestine
  • C. rectum
  • D. intestinal caccum

Explanation: In earthworms, the esophagus connects the pharynx to the crop and then continues to the gizzard.

Correct answer: intestine
  • A. Rennin
  • B. Pepsinogen
  • C. Gastrin
  • D. Renin

Explanation: Rennin is an enzyme found in the gastric juice of many infant mammals, including humans, that helps to digest milk proteins.

Correct answer: Rennin
  • A. oesophagus
  • B. mouth
  • C. stomach
  • D. duodenum

Explanation: The correct answer is the stomach. The stomach is crucial for mechanical digestion as it churns and mixes the food, breaking it down into…

Correct answer: stomach
  • A. Cholic acid
  • B. Biliverdin
  • C. Haemoglobin
  • D. Both (A) and (B)

Explanation: Bile salts are synthesized in the liver from cholesterol-derived bile acids such as cholic acid.

Correct answer: Cholic acid
  • A. Stomach
  • B. Duodenum
  • C. Ileum
  • D. Colon

Explanation: Brunner's glands are branched tubular mucus glands normally found in the mucosa and submucosa of the duodenum. Therefore the answer is B.

Correct answer: Duodenum
  • A. Polypeptides
  • B. Carbohydrates
  • C. Dipeptides
  • D. Fats

Explanation: Erepsin consists of many enzymes and works best in alkaline pH. It doesn't act upon proteins but does act upon lower peptides such as…

Correct answer: Dipeptides
  • A. Gastrin
  • B. Cholecystokinin
  • C. Secretin
  • D. Renin

Explanation: When stimulated by the cholecystokinin (CCK), the gallbladder contracts pushing bile through the cystic duct and into the common bile duct.

Correct answer: Cholecystokinin
  • A. Mucus cells
  • B. Parietal cells
  • C. Hormonal cells
  • D. Chief cells

Explanation: Pepsinogens are synthesized and secreted primarily by the gastric chief cells of the human stomach before being converted into the…

Correct answer: Chief cells
  • A. Throat
  • B. Pharynx
  • C. Medulla oblongata
  • D. Stomach

Explanation: The swallowing process is primarily regulated by the medulla oblongata, which is part of the brainstem.

Correct answer: Medulla oblongata
  • A. Obesity
  • B. Bulimia nervosa
  • C. Dyspepsia
  • D. Anorexia nervosa

Explanation: Bulimia nervosa is characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating, wherein individuals consume large amounts of food, often high in…

Correct answer: Bulimia nervosa
  • A. 10-20 Acinars
  • B. 20-40 Acinars
  • C. 20-30 Acinars
  • D. 30-40 Acinars

Explanation: The pancreatic acinar cell is a highly specialised structure developed for synthesis, storage, and secretion of digestive enzymes.

Correct answer: 20-40 Acinars
  • A. Kupffers cells
  • B. Hansans cells
  • C. Lupffers cells
  • D. Aciner cells

Explanation: The cells in the liver that are associated with phagocytosis are called Kupffer cells.

Correct answer: Kupffers cells
  • A. Duodenum
  • B. Jejunum
  • C. Ileum
  • D. Colon

Explanation: Option A is correct. The first segment of the small intestine is the duodenum.

Correct answer: Duodenum
  • A. semi lunar valve
  • B. tricuspid valve
  • C. bicuspid valve
  • D. semicircular valve

Explanation: The opening between the right atrium and right ventricle is guarded by the tricuspid valve.

Correct answer: tricuspid valve
  • A. Pure blood to body
  • B. Impure blood to body
  • C. Pure blood to gills
  • D. Impure blood to gills

Explanation: In fishes, the heart pumps out deoxygenated blood from the body to the gills where it gets oxygenated.

Correct answer: Impure blood to gills
  • A. Semi lunar valve
  • B. Tricuspid valve
  • C. Pulmonary valve
  • D. Bicuspid valve

Explanation: The bicuspid valve, also known as the mitral valve, is the correct answer because it is located between the left atrium and left…

Correct answer: Bicuspid valve
  • A. Smooth muscles
  • B. Myogenic muscles
  • C. Striated muscles
  • D. Skeletal muscles

Explanation: The heart muscles are called myogenic muscles because they can contract on their own without direct nerve stimulation.

Correct answer: Myogenic muscles
  • A. bicuspid valve
  • B. tricuspid valve
  • C. pulmonary valve
  • D. semi lunar valve-

Explanation: The valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle is the tricuspid valve.

Correct answer: tricuspid valve
  • A. Semi lunar valve
  • B. Blcuspid valve
  • C. Tricuspid valve
  • D. Pulmonary valve

Explanation: The term semilunar refers to the aortic valve and the pulmonary valve, tricuspid is the valve between the right atrium and ventricular and…

Correct answer: Semi lunar valve