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The human digestive system covers the organs from mouth to anus, the movement of food, and the mechanical and chemical breakdown of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. It also includes the roles of digestive enzymes, bile, absorption through intestinal villi, and the assimilation of nutrients by body cells.

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  • A. Diarrhea
  • B. Pneumonia
  • C. HIV
  • D. none of these all are affected by nutrition

Explanation: HIV - eating specific foods can trigger diarrhoea. And Pneumonia can be caused by poor nutrition. Whereas, only a virus causes HIV.

Correct answer: HIV
  • A. Taking in of food
  • B. Utilization of food elements
  • C. Growth, repair, and maintenance
  • D. All of the above options are correct

Explanation: Nutrition is the process of taking in food and converting it into energy and other vital nutrients required for life.

Correct answer: All of the above options are correct
  • A. chlorophyll
  • B. magnesium
  • C. nitrogen
  • D. all of above

Explanation: Chlorosis is a condition of loss of the normal green coloration of leaves of plants due to insufficient chlorophyll for photosynthesis.

Correct answer: all of above
  • A. Hepatic caeca
  • B. rectum
  • C. stomach
  • D. gizzard

Explanation: Midgut is also known as the stomach in a cockroach.

Correct answer: stomach
  • A. Stomach
  • B. Pancreas
  • C. Small intestine
  • D. Large intestine

Explanation: In the small intestine, pancreatic zymogen activation begins with the conversion of trypsinogen to trypsin by the intestinal brush-border…

Correct answer: Small intestine
  • A. The alimentary canal is formed from the endodermal cells
  • B. The alimentary canal has a single opening
  • C. The alimentary canal is saclike
  • D. All of the above

Explanation: In simple invertebrates, such as hydras and flatworms, the digestive system is a sac with a single opening.

Correct answer: All of the above
  • A. Glucose
  • B. Maltose
  • C. Sucrose
  • D. Lactose

Explanation: The enzyme salivary amylase breaks starch into smaller polysaccharides and the then maltose.

Correct answer: Maltose
  • A. 4
  • B. 3
  • C. 6
  • D. 2

Explanation: Humans have three paired major salivary glands (parotid, submandibular, and sublingual) which are 6 in total.

Correct answer: 6
  • A. Colon
  • B. Appendix
  • C. Caecum
  • D. Rectum

Explanation: The large intestine has four parts: cecum, colon, rectum, and anal canal.

Correct answer: Caecum
  • A. Lentibulariaceae
  • B. Darlingtonia
  • C. Pinguicula
  • D. Drosera

Explanation: A pitfall trap is a trapping pit for small animals, such as insects, amphibians, and reptiles.

Correct answer: Darlingtonia
  • A. Right gastric artery
  • B. Left gastroepiploic artery
  • C. Right gastroepiploic artery
  • D. Left gastric artery

Explanation: The left gastric artery supplies the upper part of the fundus of the stomach and distal esophagus.

Correct answer: Left gastric artery
  • A. Lice and flea
  • B. Ticks and mites
  • C. Aphid
  • D. Entamoeba

Explanation: Fleas and lice are ectoparasites live in the fur and feathers of mammals and birds.

Correct answer: Lice and flea
  • A. Phosphorus
  • B. Potassium
  • C. Calcium
  • D. Nitrogen

Explanation: The pitcher plant (Nepenthes pupurea), Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) and Sundew (Drosera intermedia) are carnivorous or insectivorous…

Correct answer: Nitrogen
  • A. Diarrhea
  • B. Constipation
  • C. Vomiting
  • D. All of these

Explanation: Slow rate of peristalsis causes constipation.Constipation is a condition in which bowel movements are infrequent, hard, or difficult to…

Correct answer: Constipation
  • A. Pepsin
  • B. Pepsinogen
  • C. Trypsin
  • D. Trypsinogen

Explanation: A zymogen, also known as a proenzyme, is a protein that shows no catalytic activity but is converted into an active enzyme by a…

Correct answer: Pepsinogen
  • A. Colon
  • B. Rectum
  • C. Appendix
  • D. Caecum

Explanation: The largest portion of the large intestine is the colon. It has four parts; ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon and…

Correct answer: Colon
  • A. Cholecystokinin
  • B. Biliverdin
  • C. Mucus
  • D. Secretin

Explanation: Mucus is secreted by duodenal glands and goblet cells. The intestinal mucosa secretes cholecystokinin and secretin hormones.

Correct answer: Biliverdin
  • A. Parietal
  • B. Zymogen
  • C. Chief
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The pH of the stomach is lowered by the production of HCl, which is brought about by parietal cells.

Correct answer: Parietal
  • A. Fiber
  • B. Starch
  • C. Vitamins
  • D. Minerals

Explanation: Fiber is a type of carbohydrate that the body can't digest. Though most carbohydrates are broken down into sugar molecules, fiber cannot…

Correct answer: Fiber
  • A. Pancreatic juice
  • B. None of these
  • C. Gastric juice
  • D. Intestinal juice

Explanation: Secretin stimulates the production of pancreatic juice.

Correct answer: Pancreatic juice