NEET 2011 Biology question

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One of the constituents of the pancreatic juice while poured into the duodenum in humans, is:

(1)TrypsinogenCorrect
(2)Chymotrypsin
(3)Trypsin
(4)Enterokinase

Answer: (1)

Solution

The pancreas secretes its proteolytic enzymes in inactive (zymogen) forms: trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen and procarboxypeptidase, so that the pancreas itself is not digested. Trypsinogen is poured into the duodenum, where enterokinase (enteropeptidase, secreted by the

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Question ID VK-090702