NEET 2010
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2010
- Subject
- Zoology
- Chapter
- Digestion and Absorption
NEET 2010 · Zoology · Digestion and Absorption
If for some reason our goblet cells are non-functional, this will...
If for some reason our goblet cells are non-functional, this will adversely affect
Options
- Aproduction of somatostatin
- Bsecretion of sebum from the sebaceous glands
- Cmaturation of sperms
- Dsmooth movement of food down the intestine
Correct answer
D. smooth movement of food down the intestine
Step-by-step solution
Goblet cells are something like a wineglass that present in the columnar epithelium of the mammalian intestine and secrete mucin, a mucoprotein that forms mucus when in solution. If Goblet cells become non-functional, this will adversely affect smooth movement of food down the intestine due to absence of mucin.