AIIMS 201926 May
- Exam
- AIIMS
- Year
- 2019
- Date
- 26 May
- Subject
- Zoology
- Chapter
- Digestion and Absorption
AIIMS 2019 · 26 May · Zoology · Digestion and Absorption
Assertion : Gastrin is required for the process of digestion in...
Assertion : Gastrin is required for the process of digestion in humans.
Reason : Gastrin induces production and pepsinogen.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false.
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
A. If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
Step-by-step solution
Food or mechanical stimulation in the stomach activates cells of the antral mucosa to liberate a hormone gastrin that passes into the blood and stimulates parietal cells of stomach to secrete and to a lesser extent so called chief cells to secrete pepsinogen.