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Human Digestive System

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The human digestive system explores the breakdown of biomacromolecules, covering organs from the stomach to the small intestine. It involves physiological processes like chyme movement, pH levels, and nutrient absorption in the gut. These fundamental biology concepts are regularly featured in medical and general science competitive exams.

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Human Digestive System Questions

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Strongest proteolytic enzyme is released by ............ part of alimentary canal.

  1. Ileum

  2. Pancreas

  3. Stomach

  4. Liver

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The oesophagus leads into the stomach. The stomach is a muscular sac. The stomach is the most important site of protein digestion. Stomach wall has peptic cells, chief cells secrete pepsinogen and oxyntic and parietal cells secrete hydrochloric acid. The pepsinogen is activated to pepsin on exposure to hydrochloric acid. The pepsin is a chief proteolytic enzyme of the alimentary canal. Another important enzyme of the stomach is lysozyme which is antibacterial. Thus, the correct answer is option C.

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Pylorus is the constricted part of the alimentary canal which is situated in between 

  1. Oesophagus and stomach

  2. Stomach and duodenum

  3. Duodenum and ileum

  4. Ileum and rectum

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The pylorus is a narrow cone shaped constriction present at the end of the stomach and the beginning of the small intestine. It contains two region antrum which connects the parts of the stomach and pyloric canal which connects the stomach and small intestine.  Thus, the correct answer is option B.

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The amount of gastric juice secreted per day from man's stomach is about

  1. 500 ml to 800 ml

  2. 1200 ml to 1500 ml

  3. 100 ml to 500 ml

  4. 10 ml to 15 ml

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The gastric mucosa is present is in the inner wall of the stomach which secretes 1.2 to 1.5 litres of gastric juice per day. Gastric juice is a mixture of HCl, mucous and digestive enzymes which makes food particles soluble, initiates protein digestion and converts the gastric contents to a semiliquid mass called chyme, thus preparing it for further digestion in the small intestine. This juice is highly acidic because of its hydrochloric acid content, and it is rich in enzymes. 

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Which of the following is a common passage in swallowing food and breathing?

  1. Pharynx

  2. Larynx

  3. Glottis

  4. Gullet

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Pharynx  connects the nasal cavity and mouth to the larynx and esophagus. It is the common pathway for food and air. There are three regions nasopharynx, oropharynx, and laryngopharynx. Nasopharynx  an air passage; uvula prevents food from entering it during swallowing. Oropharynx posterior to the mouth, passageway for food and air. Laryngopharynx passageway for food and air. Directly posterior to the epiglottis and extends to the larynx, then becomes continuous with esophagus. 

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Crypts of Lieberkuhn are present in 

  1. Stomach

  2. Colon of large intestine

  3. Ileum part of small intestine

  4. Duodenum

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Small intestine is made up of three parts- duodenum, jejunum and ileum. The intestinal wall bears microscopic finger like projections called villi. The Mucosa layer forms crypts in between the bases of villi in the intestine (crypts of Lieberkuhn). The crypts produce digestive juice.

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During prolonged starvation, body derives nutrition from 

  1. Liver and adipose

  2. Spleen

  3. Liver and lungs

  4. Subcutaneous fat and Pancreas

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Liver along with muscles stores excess glucose as glycogen, which can be used in times of starvation to maintain blood glucose levels. Excess carbohydrates are also stored as fat in adipose tissue around visceral organs and underneath the skin. During starvation the fat in the adipose tissue can be metabolised to derive energy.

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In which one of these, gut expels excretory products?

  1. Man

  2. Frog

  3. Dog

  4. Earthworm

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The excretory organs of earthworm are coiled tubular structures, known as nephridia. A nephridium consists of a ciliated nephridial canal, that opens into the coelom by nephrostome and to the exterior or in the gut by nephridiopore. The walls of nephridia are glandular and richly supplied with blood vessels, they extract solutes and water from the blood by ultra filtration, and discharge the filtrate into the nephridial canal. 

In the nephridial canal, the useful materials are reabsorbed from filtrate and some waste material are secreted into it. The final urine, so formed is then discharged into the gut from where it comes to the exterior from the opening, called as nephridiopore. Excretion through alimentary canal is an adaptation for water conservation.

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Select the wrongly paired one from the following.

  1. Hepatic caecae - Exretion

  2. Crop in grasshopper - Temporary storage of food

  3. Blood of grasshopper - Haemolymph

  4. Egetion - Removal of undigested food from the body.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Hepatic caecum is found in grasshopper, which secretes enzymes into the stomach here they assist in the digestive process.
The food in the grasshopper, after entering into oesophagus, enters into the crop. here, the masticated food is temporary stored.
The hemolymph is equivalent to blood of grasshopper
Egestion is the process of discharging undigested or waste material from a cell of organ.
Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

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In Hydra, wastes of food digestion and nitrogenous wastes are removed from

  1. Mouth and mouth

  2. Mouth and tentacles

  3. Body wall and body wall

  4. Mouth and body wall

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Hydra is a freshwater sessile organism belonging to the phylum Cnidaria and class Hydrozoa. They are found in lakes, pond, and stream. Hydra is ammonotelic i.e they secrete ammonia as chief excretory nitrogenous waste. In hydra specialized excretory organs are absent hence in hydra, wastes of food digestion and nitrogenous wastes are removed from mouth and body wall.

So, the correct answer is 'Mouth and body wall'.

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From which part of the alimentary canal does chemical digestion begins?

  1. Mouth

  2. Esophagus

  3. Stomach

  4. Gall bladder

  5. Small intestine

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Chemical digestion involves enzymes. In the mouth, chemical digestion is initiated when the food comes in contact with saliva, which is secreted by salivary glands. It contains salivary amylase which begins the digestive process by breaking down starch and converting it into maltose. Chemical digestion then further continues in stomach and then finally in the small intestine.

So, option A is the correct answer.

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The chemical digestion of food starts in the

  1. Mouth

  2. Stomach

  3. Esophagus

  4. Small intestine

  5. Large intestine

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Chemical digestion food starts in the mouth as saliva is secrets from salivary gland which consists salivary amylase enzyme which acts on starch and converts it into the simpler form the churned food particles with saliva is called as the bolus then transferred to the stomach through the esophagus.

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Pick out the odd one: among the parts of the alimentary canal are

  1. Pharynx

  2. Mouth

  3. Buccal cavity

  4. Pancreas

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Pancreas helps in digestion by secreting pancreatic juice in small intestine. However pancreas is a gland and is not a part of alimentary canal. Alimentary canal is a muscular tube which extends from mouth to anus and includes the mouth, pharynx, oesophagus, stomach and the intestines.

So, option D is the correct answer.

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Amoeba takes food through ____________.

  1. Phagocytosis

  2. Pinocytosis

  3. Endocytosis

  4. All the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Amoeba takes its food by the method of phagocytosis (i.e ingesting or engulfing the food particles), also by means of pinocytosis (wherein amoeba wraps around its membranes around the food forms vesicles and pinch it inside the membrane and then gradually digests it) and by endocytosis (in which the outermost the membrane of amoeba either stretches inwards or projects outwards to obtain nutrition.

The correct answer is D.

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In alcoholics, liver gets damaged as it

  1. Accumulates excess of fats

  2. Stores excess of glycogen

  3. Secretes more bile

  4. Has to detoxify alcohol

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Excessive alcohol causes fatty liver or steatosis. It describes the buildup of fats in the liver. It occurs when the body creates too much fat or cannot metabolize fat fast enough. As a result, the left over is stored in the liver cells where it accumulates to become fatty liver disease.
Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

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In alchoholics, liver gets damaged as it

  1. Accumulates excess of fats

  2. Stores excess of glycogen

  3. Secretes more bile

  4. Has to detoxify alchohol

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Abuse of alcohol may cause three types of liver damage, which often develop in the following order: Accumulation of fat (fatty liver, or steatosis): This type is the least serious and can sometimes be reversed. It occurs in more than 90% of people who drink too much alcohol

So the correct option is A.