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Digestive System Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
In congenital megacolon or Chagas' disease the following is affected:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Both conditions affect the enteric nerve plexuses (e.g., Auerbach's and Meissner's), leading to motility issues like dilatation.
Question 2 of 5
Fundic glands have the following features EXCEPT:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Fundic glands are straight or slightly branched, not highly coiled; pyloric glands are more coiled.
Question 3 of 5
All about Bile is true EXCEPT:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Bile is formed by hepatocytes, not the gallbladder, which only concentrates and stores it.
Question 4 of 5
Kupffer cells, one of the following is not true:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Kupffer cells are phagocytic and part of the sinusoidal wall, but they are in the lumen, not the space of Disse.
Question 5 of 5
A lack of functioning salivary amylase would prevent an individual from being able to digest lactose
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Salivary amylase digests starches, not lactose. Lactose digestion occurs in the small intestine via lactase.