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The circulatory system covers the chambers, valves and conducting pathway of the human heart, along with the cardiac cycle and control of heartbeat. It compares arteries, veins and capillaries by structure and function, and explains how the lymphatic system returns tissue fluid, transports absorbed fats and supports immunity.

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  • A. Lacteals
  • B. Lymph
  • C. Lymphatic vessels
  • D. Lymph nodes

Explanation: In the intestine, the centre of each villus has a special Lymph called lacteal therefore opt A is accurate.

Correct answer: Lacteals
  • A. Dixon
  • B. Mohl
  • C. Sanger
  • D. Munch

Explanation: Ernest Münch proposed the pressure flow theory in 1930.

Correct answer: Munch
  • A. Tonoplast
  • B. Plasma membrane
  • C. Epidermis
  • D. Both B and C

Explanation: The tonoplast is the membrane that surrounds the vacuole in plant cells and helps regulate its functions.

Correct answer: Tonoplast
  • A. One cell controls the activities of others
  • B. One cell transfers its activities to others
  • C. One cell destroys other cells
  • D. One cell transfers germs to another cell

Explanation: In metastasis, cancer cells break away from the original (primary) tumor, travel through the blood or lymph system, and form a new tumor…

Correct answer: One cell transfers its activities to others
  • A. Blood
  • B. Lymph
  • C. Semen
  • D. Amniotic fluid

Explanation: Option B is correct since lymph nodes filter substances that travel through the lymphatic fluid.

Correct answer: Lymph
  • A. 1 molecule of oxygen
  • B. 2 molecules of oxygen
  • C. 3 molecules of oxygen
  • D. 4 molecules of oxygen

Explanation: Each haemoglobin molecule contains 4 heme groups. Each group contains 1 iron atom that binds with 1 oxygen molecule.

Correct answer: 4 molecules of oxygen
  • A. RBC
  • B. Parabronchi
  • C. Pleura
  • D. None of these

Explanation: A is correct option because An enzyme present in red blood cells, carbonic anhydrase, aids in the conversion of carbon dioxide to carbonic…

Correct answer: RBC
  • A. Companion cell
  • B. Sieve tube members
  • C. Vessels
  • D. Parenchyma

Explanation: The phloem is composed of various specialized cells called sieve elements, phloem fibres, and phloem parenchyma cells.

Correct answer: Vessels
  • A. Citric acid
  • B. Oxaloacetic acid
  • C. Abscisic acid
  • D. None of these options are correct

Explanation: Absisic acid is a stress hormone which is involved in opening and closing of the stoma.

Correct answer: Abscisic acid
  • A. Respiratory exchange
  • B. Diffusion
  • C. Gaseous exchange
  • D. Osmosis

Explanation: Gas exchange is the physical process by which gases move passively by diffusion across a surface.

Correct answer: Gaseous exchange
  • A. Carboxyhemoglobin
  • B. Plasma proteins
  • C. Bicarbonate ions
  • D. Histamines

Explanation: Carboxyheamoglobin is formed when carbon dioxide combines with amino group.

Correct answer: Carboxyhemoglobin
  • A. 2
  • B. 3
  • C. 4
  • D. 5

Explanation: Every single heartbeat includes three major stages: atrial systole, ventricular systole, and complete cardiac diastole.

Correct answer: 3
  • A. Blood buffer
  • B. Neutralization of H2CO3 by Na2CO3
  • C. Absorption of leukocytes
  • D. Non accumulation

Explanation: Option B is correct since blood does not become acidic due to the neutralization of H2CO3 by Na2CO3 (fact).

Correct answer: Neutralization of H2CO3 by Na2CO3
  • A. Increase in size
  • B. Increase in number
  • C. Decrease in size
  • D. Decrease in number

Explanation: The number of red blood cells (RBCs) at high altitude will increase. This is because at high altitudes, the concentration of oxygen in the…

Correct answer: Increase in number
  • A. 15ml/100ml of blood
  • B. 5l/5000ml of blood
  • C. 20ml/100ml of blood
  • D. 200ml/100ml of blood

Explanation: The normal human blood volume is typically about 5 liters or 5000ml. In this, the plasma volume is roughly 55% and the remaining 45% is…

Correct answer: 5l/5000ml of blood
  • A. Neutrophil cells
  • B. Basophil cells
  • C. Mesophyll cells
  • D. Guard cells

Explanation: Stoma are pores in the plant epidermis that function as gateways linking the intercellular gas spaces to the external environment.

Correct answer: Guard cells
  • A. 50 times
  • B. 65 times
  • C. 70 times
  • D. 75 times

Explanation: Option D is correct since 'Haemoglobin' is the most important protein present in many animals including man as it increases the…

Correct answer: 75 times
  • A. Water potential
  • B. Osmotic potential
  • C. Pressure potential
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Correct Option: A(Definition) Water potential is the total kinetic energy of water.

Correct answer: Water potential
  • A. Subclavian artery
  • B. Subclavian vein
  • C. Iliac artey
  • D. Iliac vein

Explanation: The transfer of lymph from lymph vessels to the blood occurs through the subclavian vein, not the subclavian artery, iliac artery, or…

Correct answer: Subclavian vein
  • A. Cohesion
  • B. Tension
  • C. Adhesion
  • D. Imbibition

Explanation: Cohesion is the sticking together between the molecules of the same substance.

Correct answer: Cohesion