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How would non-secretion of saliva affect digestion of food in our mouth?

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It saliva is not secreted, then ptyalin will be absent and starch will not be fully hydrolysed into maltose, isomaltose and limit dextrin.
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MODERN PUBLICATION-DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION-REVISION EXERCISES (Short Answer Questions)
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  4. Name two proteases of pancreatic juice. What are their specific roles?

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  6. How is fat digested in the humans?

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  7. What are micelles? How are they helpful?

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  8. Explain the coagulation of milk in the alimentary canal.

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  9. What are microvilli? State their functions.

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  10. State one difference between active and passive absorption.

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  11. What would happen if bile is not secreted?

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  12. Differentiate between chyme and chyle.

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  13. Name the watery fluid secreted by Brunner's gland in the duodenum. Men...

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  14. Write four functions of liver.

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  15. What is the source of saliva? Mention its composition.

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  16. Name the source of enterokinase and mention its action.

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  17. How does food move along the human gut? What is this process called?

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  18. Write down the dental formula of human. What is meant by thecodont?

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  19. What is source of HCl? Give its functions.

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  20. How carbohydrate is digested in buccal cavity?

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