Zoology - Digestion and Absorption Question with Solution | TestHub
How many of the following glands release their secretions that don't have a zymogen in them?
Fundic glands, Parotid glands, Pancreatic acini, Hepatic lobules, Intestinal glands.
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Zymogen or pro-enzymes are inactivated forms of enzymes that get activated by certain conditions.
Fundic glands secrete pepsinogen. It is a zymogen that gets converted into pepsin in the presence of HCl. Pancreatic acini secrete trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen, and procarboxypeptidase which are all zymogens. Parotid glands secrete salivary amylase which is not a pro-enzyme. The enzymes secreted by intestinal glands such as nucleotidase, nucleosidase, sucrose, lactase, maltase, aminopeptidase, dipeptidase, lipase are all secreted in the active form and are not zymogens
