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This section includes 15 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Biotechnology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The passage from the stomach to the small intestine is called gastric emptying. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 2. |
In infants, the gastric pH is quite low. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» C. | |
| 3. |
The liver is the major site of drug metabolism. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 4. |
What is the main role of the large intestine? |
| A. | Absorption of water and electrolytes |
| B. | Absorption of minerals |
| C. | Absorption of glucose |
| D. | Absorption of only water |
| Answer» B. Absorption of minerals | |
| 5. |
Up to how much the microvilli in the small intestine increases the relative surface area of the small intestine? |
| A. | 3 times |
| B. | 30 times |
| C. | 100 times |
| D. | 600 times |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
How can we study the gastric emptying of a given drug? |
| A. | By mixing the colour with the drug |
| B. | Waiting for the subject man to throw-up |
| C. | Tagging the drug with a radioisotope and scanning the stomach |
| D. | Waiting for the patient to pass feces |
| Answer» D. Waiting for the patient to pass feces | |
| 7. |
What is the gastric emptying rate? |
| A. | The time required for the gastric contents to empty into the small intestine |
| B. | Time is taken for half of the contents in the stomach to empty |
| C. | The speed at which the stomach contents empty into the intestine |
| D. | There is no such term |
| Answer» D. There is no such term | |
| 8. |
How can we increase the time of gastric emptying? |
| A. | By drinking a lot of water |
| B. | By taking a drug in empty stomach |
| C. | By taking the drug after food |
| D. | Cannot increase the time of gastric emptying at all |
| Answer» D. Cannot increase the time of gastric emptying at all | |
| 9. |
Which one of the following is not a characteristic for the small intestine? |
| A. | Peristaltic movement |
| B. | Long transit time |
| C. | High permeability |
| D. | PH 4-9 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Which of the following sentences will be the actual definition of folds of Kerckring? |
| A. | Folds of the intestinal mucosa |
| B. | Finger-like projections whose other name is villi |
| C. | Protruding surface from the villi |
| D. | Cilia over the surface of villi |
| Answer» B. Finger-like projections whose other name is villi | |
| 11. |
From the surface of villi protrude smaller projection known as __________ |
| A. | Microvilli |
| B. | Villus |
| C. | Fingers |
| D. | Cilia |
| Answer» B. Villus | |
| 12. |
Which drugs gets mostly absorbed from the mouth? |
| A. | Acidic drugs and lipophilic drugs |
| B. | Lipophilic drugs and neutral drugs |
| C. | Neutral drugs and lipophilic drugs |
| D. | Lipophilic, neutral, basic drugs |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
Which drugs get absorbed in the stomach mostly? |
| A. | Basic drugs |
| B. | Acidic Drugs |
| C. | Neutral drugs |
| D. | No drug gets absorbed in the stomach |
| Answer» C. Neutral drugs | |
| 14. |
The entire length of the GI is lined by ___________ |
| A. | Blood vessels |
| B. | Nerves |
| C. | Mucopolysaccharides |
| D. | No lining direct contact with the cell |
| Answer» D. No lining direct contact with the cell | |
| 15. |
What is the mean length of GIT? |
| A. | 350 cm |
| B. | 200cm |
| C. | 400cm |
| D. | 450cm |
| Answer» E. | |