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NEET2019ZoologyDigestion and AbsorptionActual

Pancreatic juice/enzyme digests

Options

  1. Avitamins and fats only
  2. Bvitamins, starch and fat only
  3. Ctriglycerides, proteins and nucleic acids only
  4. Dnucleic acids, proteins, fat and starch.

Correct answer

D. nucleic acids, proteins, fat and starch.

Step-by-step solution

The exocrine part of the pancreas consists of rounded lobules (acini) that secrete an alkaline pancreatic juice with pH 8.4. The pancreatic juice is carried by the main pancreatic duct into the duodenum through the hepatopancreatic ampulla. The accessory pancreatic duct directly pours the pancreatic juice into the duodenum. The pancreatic juice contains sodium bicarbonate, three proenzymes; trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen and procarboxypeptidase and some enzymes such as elastase, pancreatic -amylase, DNase, RNase and

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