MDCAT Biology — Digestion
Digestion is a core Biology topic in the PMDC MDCAT syllabus, covering 6 subtopics. Below are the subtopics to revise, how often the topic appears in past papers, and real past-paper MCQs to try.
Subtopics (6)
- Biological Importance of Water
- Eating Disorders
- Human Digestive System
- Human Physiology - Digestion
- Small Intestine
- Stomach
How Digestion is tested
Across the 16 MDCAT past papers on ParhaiKrlo, Digestion accounts for 47 questions. It appears in 11 of them, about 4.3 questions a paper. The heaviest was MDCAT 2013, with 8 questions, and the most recent is MDCAT 2022, with 1.
| Paper | Questions |
|---|---|
| MDCAT 2022 | 1 |
| MDCAT 2018 | 3 |
| MDCAT 2017 | 5 |
| MDCAT 2016 | 7 |
| MDCAT 2015 | 6 |
| MDCAT 2013 | 8 |
| MDCAT 2012 | 5 |
| MDCAT 2011 | 4 |
| MDCAT 2010 | 4 |
| MDCAT 2009 | 3 |
| MDCAT 2008 | 1 |
Digestion MCQs from the MDCAT past papers
Try each one before opening the answer. Each comes with a short explanation.
- Q1 · MDCAT 2022 · Digestion
Digested food from intestine is carried to the liver by?
- A.Hepatic artery
- B.Hepatic vein
- C.Hepatic portal vein
- D.Hepatic portal artery
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Answer: C. Hepatic portal vein — Digested food (nutrients) from the intestine is carried to the liver by the hepatic portal vein.
- Q2 · MDCAT 2018 · Digestion
Salivary Amylase begins to digest Starch to shorter polysaccharides and then to
- A.Glucose
- B.Maltose
- C.Sucrose
- D.Lactose
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Answer: B. Maltose — Salivary amylase breaks starch down into shorter polysaccharides and eventually into maltose (a disaccharide).
- Q3 · MDCAT 2017 · Digestion
W.O.F is endocrine as well as exocrine:
- A.Liver
- B.Adrenals
- C.Thyroid
- D.Pancreas
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Answer: D. Pancreas — The pancreas is both an endocrine gland (insulin/glucagon into blood) and an exocrine gland (digestive enzymes into the gut).