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प्रश्न
Define digestion in one sentence.
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उत्तर
Digestion is the process by which complex food materials are converted into simple, digestible forms.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Match column I with column II
| Column I | Column II | ||
| a | Bilirubin and biliverdin | 1 | Parotid |
| b | Hydrolysis of starch | 2 | Bile |
| c | Digestion of fat | 3 | Lipases |
| d | Salivary gland | 4 | Amylases |
How does pepsinogen change into its active form?
Answer briefly:
How does bile help in the digestion of fats?
Describe the process of digestion of protein in stomach.
Describe the digestive role of chymotrypsin. What two other digestive enzymes of the same category are secreted by its source gland?
How are polysaccharides and disaccharides digested?
What would happen if HCl were not secreted in the stomach?
Name different types of teeth and their number in an adult human.
Emulsification of fats is brought about by ______.
Mark the right statement among the following
The food mixes thoroughly with the acidic gastric juice of the stomach by the churning movements of its muscular wall. What do we call the food then?
Trypsinogen is an inactive enzyme of pancreatic juice. An enzyme, enterokinase, activates it. Which tissue/ cells secrete this enzyme?/ How is it activated?
Name the enzymes involved in the breakdown of nucleotides into sugars and bases?
Correct the following statement by deleting one of entries (given in bold).
Goblet cells are located in the intestinal mucosal epithelium and secrete chymotrypsin/mucus.
Correct the following statement by deleting one of entries (given in bold).
Fats are broken down into di- and monoglycerides with the help of amylase/ lipases.
Correct the following statement by deleting one of entries (given in bold).
Saliva contains enzymes that digest starch/protein.
Correct the statement given below by the right option shown in the bracket against them.
Pancreatic juice and bile are released through. (intestine- pancreatic/hepato-pancreatic duct)
How is the intestinal mucosa protected from the acidic food entering from stomach?
