KROK 1 2019 – Question 146 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
A 45-year-old woman presents with insufficient secretion of enterokinase enzyme. Enterokinase deficiency can cause disturbance of the following digestive function:
- A. Protein hydrolysis
- B. Carbohydrate hydrolysis
- C. Lipid absorption
- D. Vitamin absorption
- E. Lipid hydrolysis
Hint
Consider the cascade of pancreatic zymogens that depends on this duodenal enzyme and which class of nutrient those zymogens finally act on.
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