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The human digestive system covers the organs from mouth to anus, the movement of food, and the mechanical and chemical breakdown of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. It also includes the roles of digestive enzymes, bile, absorption through intestinal villi, and the assimilation of nutrients by body cells.

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  • A. Nutrient supply to lungs
  • B. Elimination of waste products from the lungs
  • C. Oxygenation of deoxygenated blood
  • D. Nutrient supply to heart

Explanation: Pulmonary circulation is required for the exchange of gases between the blood and the air in the lungs.

Correct answer: Oxygenation of deoxygenated blood
  • A. Tricuspid valve
  • B. Semilunar valves
  • C. Bicuspid valve
  • D. Tricuspid valve and bicuspid valve

Explanation: The closure of the semilunar valves is associated with the second heart sound, which is also known as the dub.

Correct answer: Semilunar valves
  • A. Closing of A V valves
  • B. Opening of A V valves
  • C. Closing of semilunar valves
  • D. Opening of semilunar valves

Explanation: The closure of the semilunar valves is associated with the second heart sound, which is also known as the dub.

Correct answer: Closing of semilunar valves
  • A. Concentration of solutes in the cell sap is high
  • B. Plant is rapidly respiring
  • C. They are separated from soil by a permeable membrane
  • D. Concentration of salts in the soil is high

Explanation: The concentration of water in the soil is greater than the concentration of water in the root hairs.

Correct answer: Concentration of solutes in the cell sap is high
  • A. Soil→Root hair cell wall→Cortex→Endodermis→Pericycle→Protoxylem→Metaxylem
  • B. Cortex→Root hair→Endodermis→Pericycle→Protoxylem→Metaxylem
  • C. Pericycle→Soil→Root hair→Cortex→Endodermis→Protoxylem→Metaxylem
  • D. Soil→Root hair cell wall→Cortex→Pericycle→Endodermis→Protoxylem→Metaxylem

Explanation: The path of water from the soil to the secondary xylem is as follows: Soil: The water molecules are absorbed by the root hairs from the…

Correct answer: Soil→Root hair cell wall→Cortex→Endodermis→Pericycle→Protoxylem→Metaxylem
  • A. Percentage of moisture more than that of stomatal cavity
  • B. Percentage of moisture less than that of stomatal cavity
  • C. Percentage of moisture equal in atmosphere and stomatal cavity
  • D. High percentage of moisture

Explanation: Transpiration takes place when the outer atmosphere has a lower water potential than the water in the leaves of a plant.

Correct answer: Percentage of moisture less than that of stomatal cavity
  • A. Excretion of minerals
  • B. Cooling of leaves
  • C. Uptake of Water
  • D. Uptake of minerals

Explanation: Transpiration is the process of water loss from plants through their leaves.

Correct answer: Excretion of minerals
  • A. Connective tissue→circular smooth muscles→elastic layer→endothelium
  • B. Connective tissue→elastic layer→endothelium→circular smooth muscles
  • C. Connective tissue→endothelium→elastic layer→circular smooth muscles
  • D. Circular smooth muscles→connective tissue→endothelium→elastic layer

Explanation: The layers of the artery wall, from the inside out, are: Endothelium: This is a single layer of cells that lines the inside of the artery.

Correct answer: Connective tissue→circular smooth muscles→elastic layer→endothelium
  • A. Ventricle and pulmonary artery
  • B. Left atrium and left ventricle
  • C. Ventricle and aorta
  • D. Right atrium and right ventricle

Explanation: The tricuspid valve is present between the right atrium and right ventricle of the heart.

Correct answer: Right atrium and right ventricle
  • A. Right ventricle
  • B. Right atrium
  • C. Left ventricle
  • D. Left atrium

Explanation: The walls of the left ventricle are the thickest, followed by the walls of the right ventricle, the walls of the left atrium, and the…

Correct answer: Left ventricle

531. Pacemaker is_

  • A. AV node
  • B. Bundle of HIS
  • C. SA node
  • D. Ventricle muscles

Explanation: The heart's natural pacemaker is called the sinoatrial (SA) node. It is a small group of cells located in the upper right atrium of the…

Correct answer: SA node
  • A. Ventricles of heart
  • B. Aorta
  • C. Auricles of heart
  • D. Ventricles of brain

Explanation: Chordae tendinae are the strands of cardiac muscle fibers attached to the ventricular walls and the flaps of the AV valves.

Correct answer: Ventricles of heart
  • A. Ventricles of heart
  • B. Aorta
  • C. Auricles of heart
  • D. Ventricles of brain

Explanation: Chordae tendinae are the strands of cardiac muscle fibres attached to the ventricular walls and the flaps of the AV valves.

Correct answer: Ventricles of heart
  • A. Narrow lumen
  • B. Pigmented wall
  • C. Strong muscular walls
  • D. Valves

Explanation: Valves: Veins have valves that prevent blood from flowing backward. Arteries do not have valves.

Correct answer: Valves
  • A. Iliac veins
  • B. Hepatic portal veins
  • C. Renal veins
  • D. Hepatic veins

Explanation: The inferior vena cava (IVC) does not receive blood directly from the hepatic portal vein because the hepatic portal vein first drains…

Correct answer: Hepatic portal veins
  • A. Tricuspid valve
  • B. Bicuspid valve
  • C. Semi lunar valve
  • D. Mitral valve

Explanation: The outlet valves of the heart are called semilunar valves. They are located at the base of the aorta and the pulmonary artery.

Correct answer: Semi lunar valve
  • A. Arteries
  • B. Veins
  • C. Capillaries
  • D. Present in all

Explanation: Capillaries are the smallest blood vessels in the body. They are only about one cell thick, and they allow nutrients and oxygen to pass…

Correct answer: Capillaries
  • A. Towards thoracic duct
  • B. Away from the thoracic duct
  • C. Towards adenoids
  • D. Towards axilla

Explanation: The flow of lymph is always unidirectional, meaning that it flows in one direction only.

Correct answer: Towards thoracic duct
  • A. Lymph
  • B. Interstitial fluid
  • C. Intracellular Fluid
  • D. Serum

Explanation: The fluid that leaks from the blood plasma into the spaces that surround the capillaries and tissue is known as interstitial…

Correct answer: Interstitial fluid
  • A. Oxyntic cells
  • B. Absorptive cells
  • C. Enterokinase
  • D. Peptidase

Explanation: Trypsinogen is converted into trypsin by the action of enterokinase, an enzyme that is produced by the small intestine.

Correct answer: Enterokinase