Loss of weight

Caeliac disease is the result of which one of the following:

• a. Bacterial destruction of small bowel mucosa

• b.Poor dietary practises

• c. Reaction to gluten

• d. A primary enzyme deficiency

Fat absorption in the small intestine:

• a.Is an active process

• b. Needs proteolytic enzymes

• c. Does not depend on agitation and bile salts

• d. Involves the formation of micelles

Triacylglycerols in the diet are absorbed chiefly after:

• a. Cleavage into glycerol and 3 molecules of fatty acids

• b. Cleavage into 1- monacyl glycerol and 2 fatty acids

• c. Cleavage into 2- monoacyl glycerol and 2 mol of fatty acids

• d. Cleavage into diacyl glycerol and fatty acid

The following statement concerning absorption of nutrients is correct:

• a.Bile salts are absorbed in the proximal jejunum.

• b. Disaccharides are absorbed without prior digestion.

• c. Fat is absorbed in the terminal ileum.

• d. Vitamin B12 is absorded in the terminal ileum.

The pancreas develops from the:

• a.Foregut

• b. Midgut

• c.Hindgut

• d.Lesser omentum

The root of the mesentery extends between the :

• a. Duodeoo-jejunal flexure and transverse colon.

• b. Duodeoo-jejunal flexure and the ileo-coecal junction

• c. Spleen and the right kidney.

• d.Pyloric sphincter and the cecum.