Nutrition in Animals

The total number of incisors in our jaws is -

• 8

• 4

• 12

• 24

Peristaltic movement helps in the -

• movement of food

• digestion of food

• absorption of food

• assimilation of food

Hydrochloric acid is secreted in the -

• stomach

• small intestine

• large intestine

• oesophagus

Which of the following is not a gland?

• Pancreas

• Liver

• Villi

• Salivary gland

The enzyme which converts starch into maltose -

• pepsin

• amylase

• trypsin

• lipase

Digested food is mainly absorbed in the -

• stomach

• small intestine

• large intestine

• oesophagus

Absorption of water from undigested food mainly occurs in -

• stomach

• oesophagus

• large intestine

• pancreas

Proteins are ultimately converted to -

• glucose

• amino acids

• starch

• glycerol

Undigested food is thrown out through the -

• rectum

• bile ducts

• anus

• villi

Which enzyme digests fats?

• Protease

• Lipase

• Carbohydrase

• Amylase