What type of peptidases are trypsin and chymostrypsin
Endopeptidase
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What type of peptidases are trypsin and chymostrypsin
Endopeptidase
What type of peptidase is aminopeptidase?
Exopeptidase
In the mouth and stomach starch is decomposed into
Maltose + isomaltose + limit dextrins
____% of proteins are digested in stomach
50%
What activates trypsinogen and chymotrypsinogen?
Enterokinase
Which enzyme digests proteoses and peptones?
Carboxypeptidase
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
What type of peptidases are trypsin and chymostrypsin | Endopeptidase |
What type of peptidase is aminopeptidase? | Exopeptidase |
In the mouth and stomach starch is decomposed into | Maltose + isomaltose + limit dextrins |
____% of proteins are digested in stomach | 50% |
What activates trypsinogen and chymotrypsinogen? | Enterokinase |
Which enzyme digests proteoses and peptones? | Carboxypeptidase |
Fat digestion starts in | Stomach |
What percentage of total fat globules are digested by panceratic lipase? | 80% |
What percentage of total fat globules are digested by intestinal lipase? | 20% |
What kind of transport is used to absorb glucose? | Secondary active transport |
What kind of transport is used to absorb fructose? | Facilitated diffusion |
What kind of transport is used to absorb amino acids? | Maximum by active transport, some by facilitated diffusion |
What is chyle? | Milky white alkaline digested food of small intestine |
Where is aspirin/paracetamol absorbed in GIT? | Gastric mucosa |
Where are iron and calcium absorbed in GIT? | Duodenum |
Corticosteroid drugs are absorobed in which part of GIT? | Colon |
What is the role of gastrin? | Increase gastric secretions |
Gastric inhibitory peptide is secreted by | Duodenum |
Gastric inhibitory peptide targets | Stomach |
Duocrinin is secreted by | Duodenum |
Duocrinin targets | Duodenum |
What is the function of duocrinin? | Stimulates brunner's gland to release succus entericus |
Enterocrinin is secreted by | Small intestine |
Enterocrinin targets | Small intestine |
What is the function of enterocrinin? | Enterocrinin stimulates crypts of liberkuhn to secrete succus entericus. |
Which was the first discovered hormone of humans? | Secretin |
Secretin is secreted by | S-cells of duodenum |
Secretin targets | Pancreas, liver and stomach |
What is the function of secretin? | Increases secretion of bile, bicarbonate ions, decreases gastric motility |
Cholicystokinin-pancreozymin is secreted by | Small intestine |
CCK-PZ targets | Gall bladder and pancreas |
What is the function of CCK-PZ | Cholicystokinin-pancreozymin increases enzyme secretions of pancreas and causes contractions of gall bladder. |
Glottis is the opening of | Wind pipe |
The oesophagus is a thin, long tube extending posteriorly through the neck, thorax and diphragm. True/false. | True |
What is the shape of the duodenum? | C-shaped |
The appendix hosts some symbiotic bacteria. True/false. | False, the caecum bears some symbiotic bacteria. |
Hepatic cells in liver are arranged in form of | cords |
Gall bladder is a thick muscular sac. True/false. | False. Gall bladder is a thin muscular sac. |
Pancreas is located between the limbs of duodenum. True/false. | True |
Which electrolytes are present in the oral cavity? | Na+, K+, Cl-, HCO3- |
Bile contains cholesterol. True/false? | TRue |
The final steps of digestion occur very close to which cells? | Mucosal epithelium cells |
Small molecules like glucose and amino acids are absorbed by the process of | Facilitated diffusion |
Absorption of alcohol takes place in | Stomach |
Which is the most common ailment due to bacterial infection? | Inflammation of intestinal tract |
In constipation, faeces is retained in | Colon |