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Digestive system- glands - class-XII

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Emulsification of fats is done by .... 

  1. saliva

  2. gastric juice

  3. bile

  4. intestinal juice


Correct Option: A

With reference to a normal human being, which one of the following statements is not correct?

  1. Human saliva is slightly acidic

  2. An adult human may secrete $1$ to $1.5$ litres of saliva per day

  3. Saliva is secreted by six pairs of salivary glands in human beings

  4. The salivary enzymes(ptyalin) breaks down cooked starch into maltose


Correct Option: A

What is optimum pH for the action of salivary anylase?

  1. $1.8$

  2. $6.8$

  3. $7.4$

  4. $8$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The optimum pH for the enzymatic activity of salivary amylase ranges from 6 to 7. Above and below this range, the reaction rate reduces as enzymes get denaturated. The enzyme salivary amylase is most active at pH 6.8. 

So, the correct option is '6.8'.

Salivary glands secrete

  1. Amylase

  2. Pepsin

  3. Trypsin

  4. Bile juice


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

An amylase is an enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of starch into sugars. Amylase is present in the saliva of humans and some other mammals, where it begins the chemical process of digestion. Bile juice is secreted by liver. Pepsin and trypsin are produced in small intestine. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

Deoxygenated blood is processed by

  1. Hepatocytes

  2. Neurocytes

  3. Lymphocytes

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  • The liver receives blood supply from two sources. 
  • The first is the hepatic artery which delivers oxygenated blood from the general circulation. 
  • The second is the hepatic portal vein delivering deoxygenated blood from the small intestine containing nutrients. Hence, Deoxygenated blood is processed by hepatocytes.
So, the correct answer is 'hepatocytes'.

Arterioles provide ___ to liver.

  1. Oxygen

  2. Protein

  3. Energy

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  • An arteriole is a small-diameter blood vessel in the microcirculation that extends and branches out from an artery and leads to capillaries.
  • The liver receives blood from two major blood vessels. The hepatic arterioles bring oxygen-rich blood from the heart.
  • The hepatic portal vein brings blood rich in digested nutrients from the intestine. This means excess nutrients can be removed and stored before blood circulates around the body. Hence Arterioles provides oxygen to the liver.
So, the correct answer is 'oxygen'.

Cystic artery supplies blood to

  1. Kidney

  2. Heart

  3. Gall bladder

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
The common hepatic artery further bifurcates into the left and right hepatic arteries to deliver blood the left and right sides of the liver. As the right hepatic artery approaches the gallbladder, it branches off to form the cystic artery, which supplies the gallbladder and cystic duct with oxygenated blood. Hence, the cystic artery supplies blood to the gall bladder.

So, the correct answer is 'gall bladder'.

A digestive enzyme, salivary amylase, in the saliva being digestion of 

  1. Protein

  2. Nucleic acids

  3. Fats

  4. Carbohydrates


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • First, salivary glands in your mouth make salivary amylase, which begins the digestive process by breaking down starch when you chew your food, converting it into maltose, a smaller carbohydrate. 
  • The breakdown of starch is just one of the many steps in the process of digestion. Although digestion begins in the mouth, it continues in the stomach and intestines.
  • Amylase is an enzyme that breaks down starch to sugar. The amylase in the mouth, salivary amylase, is called ptyalin. 
  • Ptyalin can do digestive can work in the stomach for several hours. Iodine and Benedict's solution is used to recognize starch and sugar (maltose) in our saliva.
Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

Amount of saliva secreted daily in humans is

  1. 250 ml

  2. 500 ml

  3. 100 ml

  4. 1000 ml


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

There are three major parts of salivary glands that secrete saliva with the digestive enzyme such as parotid, submandibular and sublingual glands. Normally secretion of saliva is constant, regardless of the presence of food in the mouth. The amount of saliva secreted in 24 hours usually amounts from 1 liter to 1.5 litres. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

Saliva is produced by

  1. Pancreas

  2. Gall bladder

  3. Gastric glands

  4. Submaxillary and sublingual glands


Correct Option: D

A salivary gland is________________

  1. Brunners gland

  2. Sublingual gland

  3. Lacrimal gland

  4. Adrenal gland


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • The sublingual gland is one of the three salivary glands present. They are located beneath the mucous membrane of the floor of the mouth. The other salivary glands are the parotid and the submandibular glands. 
  • Brunner's glands are present in the duodenum of the small intestine and helps in the release of mucous and proteolytic enzymes. Lacrimal glands are exocrine glands that supply tears to the corner of the eye. 
  • Adrenal glands are endocrine glands present above the kidneys that are involved in the production of a large number of different hormones. So, the correct answer is 'sublingual gland'.

In mammals, digestion of starch begins in

  1. Oesophagus

  2. Mouth

  3. Stomach

  4. Duodenum


Correct Option: B

Wharton's duct is associated with 

  1. Brunner's gland

  2. Sublingual salivery gland

  3. Submaxillary salivary gland

  4. Parotid salivary gland


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
A. Brunner's glands are found in the duodenum region of small intestine. Their secretions protect the walls of the intestine from the action of gastric juices.
B. Sublingual salivary glands are the smallest glands present beneath the tongue These open at the floor of buccal cavity through ducts of Rivinus.
C. Submaxillary salivary gland are also called submandibular glands. These are medium sized glands and the duct of these glands is called Wharton's duct that opens in the oral cavity near the lower central incisors.
D. Parotid salivary glands are the largest salivary glands of the body. The duct of these glands is called Stenson's duct.
So, the correct answer is 'Submaxillary salivary gland'.

Salivary amylase of saliva begins digestion of

  1. Carbohydrate

  2. Nucleic acid

  3. Fat

  4. Protein


Correct Option: A

Enzymes of salivary glands, stomach and small intestine works at pH __, __ and ___ respectively.

  1. 6.8, 2, 8

  2. 8,2, 6.8

  3. 2,8,6.8

  4. 6.8, 8,2


Correct Option: A

Identify the correctly matched structure and its secretion

  1. Brunners glands Salivary amylase

  2. Intestinal mucosa Insulin

  3. Gall bladder Bile

  4. Salivary gland Lysozyme

  5. Goblet cells - HCl


Correct Option: D

Which is not correct

  1. Human saliva is near neutral

  2. An adult secretes 1.0 1.5 l of saliva per day

  3. Saliva is secreted by six pairs of glands

  4. Ptyalin breaks down cooked starch into maltose


Correct Option: C

Choose the wrong statement among the following

  1. Trypsinogen is activated by enterokinase

  2. Optimum pH for salivary amylase is 8.9

  3. Rennin helps in digestion of milk proteins

  4. Goblet cells secrete mucus

  5. Submucosal glands of intestine are also known as Brunners glands


Correct Option: B

A lubricant mucin, in saliva, is made up of

  1. Polyunsaturated fats

  2. Actin and myosin

  3. Glycoproteins

  4. Phospholipids


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
A. Polyunsaturated fats are the fats in which hydrocarbon chain has two or more double bonds.
B. Actin and myosin are the protein filaments which help in muscle contraction.
C. Proteins associated with carbohydrates i.e. sugars attached to them, are called glycoproteins.
D. Lipids that contain a phosphate group, are called phospholipids.
The lubricant mucin in saliva is a glycoprotein. 
So, the correct answer is 'Glycoproteins'.

 which of the following is not a salivary gland? 

  1. Sublingual

  2. Submaxillary

  3. Lacrimal

  4. Parotid


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Lacrimal gland' is not a salivary gland.


Stenson's duct is associated with

  1. parotid gland

  2. cardiac gland

  3. pancreatic gland

  4. thyroid gland.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Stenson's duct is associated with 'parotid gland'.

So the correct option is A.

Before the blood carrying the products of digested food, returns to heart, it first passes through capillary network in the 

  1. Liver

  2. Kidneys

  3. Brain

  4. Spleen


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Blood is carried to the liver via two large vessels: the hepatic artery carries oxygen-rich blood from the aorta, and the portal vein carries blood containing digested food from the small intestine. The hepatic portal vein is a blood vessel that conducts blood from the gastrointestinal tract and spleen to the liver. This blood is rich in nutrients that have been extracted from food, and the liver processes these nutrients; it also filters toxins that may have been ingested with the food. The liver receives about 75% of its blood through the hepatic portal vein, with the remainder coming from the hepatic artery proper. The blood leaves the liver to the heart in the hepatic veins.

About how much saliva does a person produce each day?

  1. 100 ml

  2. 250 ml

  3. 500 ml

  4. 1500 ml


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Humans produce between one-fifth and one-third of a gallon (0.75 to 1.5 liters) of saliva every day. However, saliva production mostly takes place while a person is awake. During sleep, saliva production drops to almost nothing. Most of the saliva comes from the glands at the bottom of the mouth, and the rest comes primarily from the parotid glands, near the top back of the mouth.

Numbers of pairs of salivary glands present in rabbit are

  1. One

  2. Three

  3. Four

  4. Five


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The rabbit has four major pairs of salivary glands: the parotid, mandibular, sublingual and zygomatic. Amylase and galactosidase are produced in the saliva, which is produced continuously by the mandibular glands and in response to food intake by the others.

The exchange of materials between the blood and the interstitial fluid occurs only in the

  1. Veins

  2. Capillaries

  3. Arteries

  4. Arterioles


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Capillaries are essential for the delivery of oxygen to the tissues and the exchange of nutrients between blood and interstitial fluid surrounding the cells. This function is well supported by the anatomy of the vessels. The thin walls of the capillaries are composed of a single layer of endothelial cells. As a result, gasses such as oxygen and carbon dioxide can diffuse through their walls, as can lipid soluble substances.
Capillaries also play an important role in regulating the relative volume of the blood and interstitial fluid by allowing a bulk flow through their walls. This exchange of water and solutes occurs in response to the pressure gradient across the capillary wall.
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

Ptyalin enzyme is secreted by

  1. Salivary glands

  2. Mouth

  3. Oesophagus

  4. Stomach


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ptyalin is a form of amylase found in saliva of humans. Another name of ptyalin is salivary amylase. It is the most important amylolytic enzyme secreted in mouth (buccal cavity) by the salivary glands. The main function of ptyalin is to catalyze the hydrolysis of starch into maltose and dextrin. 

The cells constituting the walls of the blood capillaries are known as

  1. Parietal cells

  2. Haemocytes

  3. Chondrocytes

  4. Endothelial cells


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The endothelium is a type of epithelium that lines the interior surface of organs. It is present in the inner lining of blood vessels and lymphatic vessels, forming an interface between circulating blood or lymph in the lumen and the rest of the vessel wall. It is a thin layer of simple squamous cells called endothelial cells. Whereas hemocyte is a blood cell, especially in an invertebrate, parietal cells (also known as oxyntic or delomorphous cells), are the epithelial cells that secrete hydrochloric acid (HCl) and intrinsic factor and chondrocyte is a cell that has secreted the matrix of cartilage and become embedded in it. Thus, option D is correct.

A patient in a hospital is undergoing a treatment for some disorder. A machine hemodialyzer is being used to treat the patient. There is an inlet through which blood from patient's body is entering the machine and an outlet tube from the machine is entering the patient body. The organ likely to be affected in the patient body. The organ likely to be affected in the patient and the blood in inlet and outlet tube respectively will be

  1. Lungs, oxygen poor, oxygen rich

  2. Lungs, oxygen rich, oxygen poor

  3. Kidney, urea poor, urea rich

  4. Kidney, urea rich, urea poor


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In order for blood to perform its essential functions of bringing nutrients and oxygen to the cells of the body, and carrying waste materials away from those cells, the chemical composition of the blood must be carefully controlled. Blood contains particles of many different sizes and types, including cells, proteins, dissolved ions, and organic waste products. Some of these particles, such as proteins like hemoglobin, are essential for the body. Others, such as urea (a waste product from protein metabolism), must be removed from the blood or they will accumulate and interfere with normal metabolic processes. But the largest responsibility for maintaining the chemistry of the blood falls to the kidneys, a pair of organs located just behind the lining of the abdominal cavity. It is the job of the kidneys to remove the harmful particles from the blood and to regulate the blood's ionic concentrations, while keeping the essential particles in the blood. Dialysis is a process for removing waste and excess water from the blood and is used primarily as an artificial replacement for lost kidney function in people with kidney failure.

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

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