Question

Read the following four statements (i) - (iv) with certain mistakes in two of them.
(i) Fructose is generally absorbed by simple diffusion.
(ii) The digestive wastes, solidified into coherent faeces in the rectum initiate an endocrine action causing an urge or desire for its removal.
(iii) The food mixes thoroughly with the acidic gastric juice of the stomach by the churning movements of its muscular wall and is called the chyme.
(iv) The secretions of the brush border cells of the mucosa along with the secretions of the goblet cells constitute the succus entericus.
Which of the above two statements have mistakes?

• A. (i) and (ii)
• B. (ii) and (iii)
• C. (iii) and (iv)
• D. (i) and (iii)

Answer 1

The correct option is A (i) and (ii)

A. (i) and (ii).

Solution: Fat is absorbed differently than simple sugars, amino acids and small protein molecules.It absorbed in a process called simple diffusion.The digestive wastes, solidified into coherent faeces in the rectum initiate a neural reflex causing an urge or desire for its removal.