LUSAKA APEX MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY SCIENCES

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NAME : JARA KADIJA

ID : 2001000469
LECTURER: Mr MBUKI
COURSE : PHYSIOLOGY 2
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS [TRUE/FALSE]

SECTION A (CARBOHYDRATES )
1. The three major sources of carbohydrates which exist in a normal human diet starch,
sucrose, milk, and vegetables? True
2. Lingual lipase is the main enzyme produced by the parotid glands? False
3. Oxynitic cells are also known as chief cells? False
4. Carbohydrate digestion end in the enterocytes? True
5. The other name of Alpha amylase is ptyalin? True

SECTION B (PROTEINS)

1. The pH of the stomach is in the range 1.5 – 3.5? True

2. The gastric glands secrete a large quantity of hydrochloric acid at a pH of 0.8? True
3. Carboxypeptidase is the inactive form of an enzyme that digest protein? False
4. Enterokinase is produced by the pancreas? False
5. Protein digestion ends in the ilium? True

SECTION C ( LIPIDS)

1. The reason why there is less than 10% of lipid digestion in the mouth and stomach is
due to quantity of lipase produced? True
2. Lecithin is hydrophobic? False
3. Colipase is the enzyme that digest fats? True
4. Micilles do not contain lecithin ? True
5. Fatty acid and glycerol cross the plasma membrane of enterocytes by facilitated
diffusion? False