Consider the following statements regarding digestion and absorption in mammals. Identify whether they are true or false and select the correct option accordingly.
$I.$ Both Kupffer's cells and Glisson's capsule are characteristics of the mammalian liver.
$II.$ In dentition,thecodont means that teeth are embedded in the socket of jaw bones.
$III.$ There are three pairs of salivary glands in human beings; out of them,the parotid,situated beneath the tongue,is the smallest salivary gland.
$IV.$ Zymogens (inactive forms of enzymes) are not the secretions of peptic cells.

  • A
    All statements are true.
  • B
    All statements are false.
  • C
    $I$ and $II$ are true while $III$ and $IV$ are false.
  • D
    $III$ and $IV$ are true while $I$ and $II$ are false.

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Go through the following statements regarding the physiology of digestion and identify whether they are true or false. Choose an appropriate option from the codes given below:
$I.$ Largest variety of hydrolases are present in omnivores,while the herbivores generally lack digestive enzymes.
$II.$ Digestive enzymes are of four types,namely,amylase,proteinases,lipases,and nucleases.
$III.$ Proteinases are also known as proteases,which are released in the active form because the proteins,either cellular or extracellular,are all hydrolysed by them in the absence of food.
$IV.$ Hydrolases and cholecystokinin are secreted by the exocrine part of the pancreas.

Study the following diagram showing $(P-S)$ labelling and choose the correct option that shows two correct matches.

The digestion of which food component is affected if the pancreas is removed?

Read the following statements thoroughly and identify whether they are true or false. Choose the right option accordingly.
$I.$ Bile is produced and stored in the liver and gall bladder,respectively.
$II.$ Common bile duct is the fusion of the right and left hepatic duct.
$III.$ Hepato-pancreatic duct opens into the proximal part of the small intestine.
$IV.$ Pancreas consists of two parts,exocrine and endocrine.
$V.$ Pepsinogen,a secretion of chief cells,is activated by hydrochloric acid.
$VI.$ Peptides are converted into dipeptides with the action of carboxypeptidase.

$A$ healthy person eats the following diet: $5 \, gm$ raw sugar,$4 \, gm$ albumin,$10 \, gm$ pure buffalo ghee adulterated with $2 \, gm$ vegetable ghee (hydrogenated vegetable oil),and $5 \, gm$ lignin. How many calories is he likely to get?

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