Multiple choice question on Digestion

1.   The gastric gland begin secreting before food enters the stomach due to the

a)     Parasympathetic impulses of vagus nerve.

b)    Parasympathetic impulses of motor nerve.

c)     Sympathetic impulses of motor nerve.

d)    None of the above.

2.   The stomach lining has glands that produce up to ----- quarts of this digestive fluid daily.

a)     Three-six

b)    Three

c)     Four

d)    Five

3.   The secretion of gastric juice takes place in three phases respectively

a)     Gastric, cephalic & intestinal

b)    Cephalic, gastric & intestinal

c)     Intestinal, gastric & cephalic

d)    None

4.   The stomach is divided into four sections

a)     Cardiac, fundus, body, pylorus

b)    Cardiac, fundus, sphincter, caecum

c)     Fundus, cardiac, caecal, sphincter

d)    All

5.   Hydrochloric acid is secreted by

a)     Parietal cells

b)    Chief cells

c)     Goblet cells

d)    Argentaffin cells

6.   Pepsinogen is secreted by

a)     Parietal cells

b)    Chief cells

c)     Goblet cells

d)    Argentaffin cells

7.   Mucus is secreted from

a)     Parietal cells

b)    Chief cells

c)     Goblet cells

d)    Argentaffin cells

8.   Argentaffin cells secrete

a)     Serotonin & histamine

b)    Histidine & histamine

c)     Both

d)    None

9.   G cells secrete the hormone

a)     Histidine

b)    HCl

c)     Gastrin

d)    Cholesystokinine

10. Pancreozymin-cholesystokinin stimulates acid secretion,   contraction of gall bladder as well as

a)     Inhibit enzyme secretion

b)    Stimulates enzyme component of pancreatic juice

c)     Stimulates intestine

d)    All of the above

Answer:

1-a, 2-b, 3-b, 4-a, 5-a, 6-b, 7-c, 8-a, 9-c, 10-b

Contributed by: Nargis K.