Digestive System MCQs with Answers

What is the job of incisor teeth?

• A.Grinding and crushing food
• B.Snipping and cutting off pieces of food
• C.Tearing and ripping food
• D.Mixing food with saliva

Amylase is not produced by which type of salivary gland?

• A.Parotid
• B.Submandibular
• C.Sublingual
• D.All of these produce amylase

Which specialized cells of liver perform phagocytic function?

• A.Hepatocytes
• B.Acinar cells
• C.Kupffer cells
• D.Islets of Langerhans

Past Paper MCQ

Which organ helps in producing digestive enzyme?

• A.Liver
• B.Stomach
• C.Pancreas
• D.Small Intestine

If gastric juice is tested with a pH meter, the pH is most likely to be about _?

• A.2
• B.5
• C.7
• D.9

Which is the longest part of the alimentary canal where most chemical digestion takes place?

• A.Stomach
• B.Large intestine
• C.Small intestine
• D.Oesophagus

Appendicitis is the inflammation of ?

• A.Liver
• B.Appendix
• C.Pancreas
• D.Gallbladder

Which of the following enzymes has the lowest pH optimum?

• A.Trypsin
• B.Amylase
• C.Pepsin
• D.Lipase

What happens to the waste parts of food that the body can't use?

• A.Broken down by enzymes in the small intestine
• B.Absorbed into the bloodstream and filtered by kidneys
• C.Stored in the liver for later elimination
• D.Sent to large intestine and out through anus

Optimum pH for pancreatic lipase is:

• A.2
• B.8
• C.5
• D.11