AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2001

  • question_answer
    The colon can actively absorb

    A)                  sodium                               

    B)  glucose

    C)                  amino acids                      

    D)  glycerol

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                     The large intestine or colon, is much shorter than the small intestine. No digestion takes place within the large intestine and only about 4% of body fluid are absorbed there. Sodium, vitamin-K and some other products of bacterial metabolism are absorbed across its wall. The large intestines primary function is to act as a refuse dump. In excessive amount glucose is stored in liver in form of glycogen.


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