Marasmus is not characterized by:

1. Inadequate energy intake in all forms, including proteins

2. Loss of muscle mass and subcutaneous fat

3. Edema

4. an occurrence prior to age of 1 year

Sufficient calorie intake but with insufficient protein intake, edema and an enlarged liver with fatty infiltrates characterize the disorder:

1. Kwashiorkor

2. Marasmus

3. Bulimia

4. Anorexia nervosa

The number of lobes in the human liver is:

1. 2

2. 3

3. 4

4. 5

An investment of loose connective tissue entering the liver with the portal vessels and sheathing the larger vessels in their course through the organ is termed as:

1. Falciform ligament

2. Glisson’s capsule

3. Cantlie’s line

4. Ligamentum teres

The intestinal enzymes require an alkaline pH to act. This is accomplished by the secretions of all the following except:

The proteolytic enzymes of pancreatic juice act on all the following except:

1. Proteins

2. Proteoses

3. Peptones

4. Aminopeptides

Hormonal control of the secretion of digestive juices is carried out by:

1. local hormones produced by the gastric and intestinal mucosa

2. hypothalamic hormones

3. hormones of the anterior pituitary gland

4. hormones of adrenal cortex

The drug acetyl salicylic acid is quickly absorbed in:
1. Duodenum
2. Stomach
3. Jejunum
4. Ileum

Which of the following digestive juices has the minimum pH value?
1. Bile
2. Gastric juice
3. Saliva
4. Pancreatic juice

Assertion: In animals, chemical digestion is necessary.
Reason: Mechanical digestion, typically, precedes chemical digestion, increasing the surface area for chemical digestion.

1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false.