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What role does the stomach play in the maintenance of normal vitamin B12 levels?
- A. Produces intrinsic factor
- B. Absorbs vitamin B12
- C. Stores vitamin B12
- D. Converts vitamin B12
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The stomach's parietal cells produce intrinsic factor, necessary for vitamin B12 absorption in the ileum.
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Which of the following statements best describes the migrating motor complex (MMC)?
- A. It is responsible for the peristaltic movement of food along the entire gastrointestinal tract
- B. It is a cyclic pattern of motility that primarily occurs during the postprandial (after-meal) period
- C. It involves segmental contractions that aid in the mixing and breakdown of food particles
- D. It occurs during fasting and clears residual contents from the stomach and small intestine
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The MMC is a fasting-state motility pattern that clears residual contents, regulated by motilin, not active postprandially.
Obstruction of the common bile duct by gallstones would most likely affect the digestion of:
- A. carbohydrates
- B. fats
- C. proteins
- D. nucleic acids
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Bile is essential for the emulsification and digestion of fats. An obstruction in the common bile duct would impair fat digestion.
About soft palate, all true Except:
- A. Separates nasopharynx upwards from oropharynx downwards
- B. Superior surface covered by stratified columnar
- C. Stratified squamous non-keratinized epithelium on inferior surface
- D. Contain striated muscle with strong connective tissue between muscle bundles.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The superior surface of the soft palate is covered by pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium (respiratory epithelium), not stratified columnar, due to its proximity to the nasopharynx.
A lack of functioning salivary amylase would prevent an individual from being able to digest lactose
- A. TRUE
- B. FALSE
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Salivary amylase digests starches, not lactose. Lactose digestion occurs in the small intestine via lactase.
Kupffer cells, one of the following is not true:
- A. May contain Hemosiderin granules
- B. Motile within liver blood sinusoids
- C. Phagocytic cells present mainly in space of Disse
- D. Form part of the liver sinusoidal wall
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Kupffer cells are phagocytic and part of the sinusoidal wall, but they are in the lumen, not the space of Disse.