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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
Choose the correct answer among the following:
Gastric juice contains
(i) pepsin, lipase and rennin
(ii) trypsin lipase and rennin
(iii) trypsin, pepsin and lipase
(iv) trypsin, pepsin and renin
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 does butter in your food gets digested and absorbed in the body?
Name different types of teeth and their number in an adult human.
Which of the following sphincter controls the passage of food into the stomach?
Emulsification of fats is brought about by ______.
Trypsinogen is an inactive enzyme of pancreatic juice. An enzyme, enterokinase, activates it. Which tissue/ cells secrete this enzyme?/ How is it activated?
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.
Name the part of the alimentary canal where major absorption of digested food takes place. What are the absorbed forms of different kinds of food materials?
Correct the statement given below by the right option shown in the bracket against them.
Rennin is a proteolytic enzyme found in gastric juice in (infants/adults).
Describe the enzymatic action on fats in the duodenum.
