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How does pepsinogen change into its active form?

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HCl released from the oxyntic cells of gastric glands activates pepsinogen to pepsin.
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ICSE-DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION-REVIEW QUESTIONS ( VI. VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS ( WITH ANSWERS) )
  1. Succus entericus is the name given to which part or juice?

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  2. Why are villi present in the intestine and not in the stomach?

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  3. How does pepsinogen change into its active form?

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  4. Name the basic layers in the wall of alimentary canal?

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  5. How does bile help in the digestion of fats?

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  6. Give the dental formula of human beings.

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  7. Bile juice contains no digestive enzymes, yet it is important for dige...

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  8. Describe the digestive role of chymotrypsin.

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  9. Which two other digestive enzymes of the same category are secreted by...

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  10. How are polysaccharides digested?

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  11. How are disaccharides digested?

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  12. What would happen if HCl is not secreted in the stomach?

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  13. How does butter in your food gets digested and absorbed?

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  14. What happens to butter in the intestine?

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  15. Where do fats get absorbed first?

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  16. What are the main steps in the digestion of proteins as the food passe...

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  17. What is the role of small intestine in digestion of proteins?

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  18. What is the role of intestinal juice in digestion of protein?

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  19. Masses M(1), M(2) and M(3) are connected by strings of negligible mass...

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  20. Name different types of teeth and their number in an adult human.

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