Description : Transport of oxygen by blood takes place with the help of (1) Erythrocytes (2) Thrombocytes (3) Lymphocytes (4) Leuecocytes
Last Answer : (1) Erythrocytes Explanation: Red blood cells, or erythrocytes, are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate organism's principal means of delivering oxygen (O2) to the body tissues via ... iron-containing bio-molecule that can bind oxygen and is responsible for the blood's red color.
Description : White bloods cells are also known as----? A. Thrombocytes B. Leucocytes (Answer) C. Erythrocytes D. None of These
Last Answer : B. Leucocytes (Answer)
Description : Component of blood responsible for producing antibodies is (a) thrombocytes (b) monocytes (c) erythrocytes (d) lymphocytes
Last Answer : (d) lymphocytes.
Description : Name the blood cells, whose reduction in number can cause clotting disorder, leading to excessive loss of blood from the body. (a) Erythrocytes (b) Leucocytes (c) Neutrophils (d) Thrombocytes
Last Answer : (d) Thrombocytes
Description : The several types of white blood cells are sometime collectively referred to as: a) erythrocytes (pron: eh-rith-row-cites) b) leukocytes (pron: lew-kah-cites) c) erythroblasts (pron: eh-rith-rah-blast) d) thrombocytes (pron: throm-bow-cites)
Last Answer : ANSWER: B -- leukocytes
Description : Transport of oxygen by blood takes place with the help of (1) Erythrocytes (2) Thrombocytes (3) Lymphocytes (4) Leucocytes
Last Answer : Erythrocytes
Description : Glycolysis is anaerobic in (A) Liver (B) Brain (C) Kidneys (D) Erythrocytes
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Prothrombin is synthesised in (A) Erythrocytes (B) Reticulo-endothelial cells (C) Liver (D) Kidneys
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : The hydrolysis of Glucose-6-phosphate is catalysed by a specific phosphatase which is found only in (A) Liver, intestines and kidneys (B) Brain, spleen and adrenals (C) Striated muscle (D) Plasma
Last Answer : A
Description : Creatine kinase is present in all of the following except (A) Liver (B) Myocardium (C) Muscles (D) Brain
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Hyper insulinism can cause coma since (A) The chief nutrient for the brain is glucose (B) The chief nutrient for the heart is glucose (C) The glucostatic role of the liver is damaged (D) The kidneys are damaged
Description : Glucose-1-phosphate liberated from glycogen cannot be converted into free glucose in (A) Liver (B) Kidneys (C) Muscles (D) Brain
Description : The normal resting state of humans, most of the blood glucose burnt as “fuel” is consumed by (A) Liver (B) Brain (C) Kidneys (D) Adipose tissue
Last Answer : B
Description : Glucose-6-phosphatase is not present in (A) Liver and kidneys (B) Kidneys and muscles (C) Kidneys and adipose tissue (D) Muscles and adipose tissue
Last Answer : D
Description : Cardiac hypertrophy to occur, one of the following is required: A A. Healthy myocardium and adequate nutrition (blood supply) B. Healthy myocardium only C. Abundant of blood supply only D. None of these
Last Answer : Healthy myocardium and adequate nutrition (blood supply)
Description : The structure which appears to be the only organ to add significant quantities of ketone bodies to the blood is (A) Brain (B) Erythrocytes (C) Liver (D) Skeletal muscle
Description : Which of the following is true with reference to blood platelets? (1) They have prominent nuclei (2) They are involved in phagocytosis (3) They have a pigment called haemoglobin (4) They are also called thrombocytes
Last Answer : (4) They are also called thromb-ocytes. Explanation: Platelets, also called thrombocytes, are a component of blood whose function is to stop bleeding by clumping and clotting blood vessel injuries. ... red and white blood cells, platelets are not actually cells but rather small fragments of cells.
Description : Sickle-cell anemia is a disease caused due to the abnormality in – (1) white blood cells (2) red blood cells (3) thrombocytes (4) blood plasma composition
Last Answer : (2) red blood cells Explanation: Sickle cell anemia (sickle cell disease) is a disorder of the blood caused by an inherited abnormal hemoglobin (the oxygencarrying protein within the red blood cells).
Description : Heart failure cells, i.e.. macrophages loaded with haemosiderin, are most likely found in C A. Ascites fluid in congestive heart failure B. Pulmonary alveoli in mitral stenosis C. Left ventricular myocardium following infarction and reperfusion D. None of these
Last Answer : Ascites fluid in congestive heart failure B. Pulmonary alveoli in mitral stenosis C. Left ventricul
Description : HIV that causes AIDS, first starts destroying (a) helper T-lymphocytes (b) thrombocytes (c) B-lymphocytes (d) leucocytes.
Last Answer : (a) helper T-lymphocytes
Description : In which one of the following preparations are you likely to come across cell junctions most frequently? (a) Thrombocytes (b) Tendon (c) Hyaline cartilage (d) Ciliated epithelium
Last Answer : (d) Ciliated epithelium
Description : Cell wall protein of Streptococcus pyogenescrossreactswith human A- synovial fluid B- cardiac valves C- myocardium D- vascular intima
Last Answer : myocardium
Description : Which of the following terms describes the amount of blood ejected per heartbeat? a) Stroke volume Stroke volume is determined by preload, afterload, and contractility. b) Cardiac output Cardiac output ... must overcome to eject blood during systole and is one of the determinants of stroke volume.
Last Answer : a) Stroke volume Stroke volume is determined by preload, afterload, and contractility.
Description : Raised plasma aldosterone level in CHF contributes to disease progression by exerting the following effects except: A. Fibrotic remodeling of myocardium B. Hyperkalemia and hypermagnesemia C. ... cardiac preload by Na+ and water retention D. Enhancing cardiotoxicity of sympathetic overactivity
Last Answer : B. Hyperkalemia and hypermagnesemia
Description : Beneficial effects of β-adrenoceptor blockers in CHF include the following except: A. Antagonism of ventricular wall stress enhancing action of sympathetic overactivity B. Antagonism ... Prevention of pathological remodeling of ventricular myocardium D. Prevention of dangerous cardiac arrhythmias
Last Answer : B. Antagonism of vasoconstriction due to sympathetic overactivity
Description : The basis for use of β-adrenergic blockers in congestive heart failure (CHF) is: A. They exert positive inotropic effect in CHF B. They counteract deleterious effect of sympathetic overactivity on the myocardium C. They exert antiischaemic effect on the heart D. They prevent cardiac arrhythmias
Last Answer : B. They counteract deleterious effect of sympathetic overactivity on the myocardium
Description : The basis for use of β -adrenergic blockers in congestive heart failure (CHF) is: A. They exert positive inotropic effect in CHF B. They counteract deleterious effect of sympathetic overactivity on the myocardium C. They exert antiischaemic effect on the heart D. They prevent cardiac arrhythmias
Description : Cardiac glands are found in (a) Pericardium (b) Myocardium (c) Intestine (d) Stomach
Last Answer : (d) Stomach
Description : In studies of the human body, which of the following terms is used to describe heart muscle? Is it: a) myocardium b) epicardium c) pericardium d) tachycardium
Last Answer : ANSWER: A -- MYOCARDIUM
Description : Which of the following is true with reference to blood platelets? (1) They have prominent nuclei. (2) They are involved in phagocytosis (3) They have a pigment called haemoglobin (4) They are also called thrombocytes.
Last Answer : They are also called thrombocytes.
Description : Glycophorin is present in cell membranes of (A) Erythrocytes (B) Platelets (C) Neutrophils (D) Liver
Description : HMP shunt is present in (A) Erythrocytes (B) Liver (C) Testes (D) All of these
Description : Rapoport-Luebering cycle is located in (A) Liver (B) Muscles (C) Brain (D) Erythrocytes
Description : A unique by-product of glycolysis in erythrocytes is (A) Lactate (B) 1, 3-Biphosphoglycerate (C) 2, 3-Biphosphoglycerate (D) All of these
Description : Ketone bodies serve as a fuel for (A) Extrahepatic tissues (B) Hepatic tissues (C) Erythrocytes (D) Mitochondria
Description : The pentose phosphate pathway protects erythrocytes against hemolysis by assisting the enzyme: (A) Superoxide dismutase (B) Catalase (C) Glutathionic peroxidase (D) Cytochrome oxidase ENZYMES 149
Description : In the erythrocytes, the net production of ATP molecules by the Rapport-Leubering pathway is (A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 8
Description : Erythrocytes under normal conditions and microorganisms under anaerobic conditions may accumulate (A) NADPH (B) Pyruvate (C) Phosphoenolpyruvate (D) Lactate
Description : In erythrocytes, 2, 3-biphosphoglycerate is derived from the intermediate: (A) Glyeraldehyde-3-phosphate (B) 1, 3-Biphosphoglycerate (C) 3-Phosphoglycerate (D) 2-Phosphoglycerate
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Degradations of Hb takes place in (A) Mitochondrion (B) Erythrocytes (C) Cytosol of cell (D) R.E. cells
Description : During starvation, ketone bodies are used as a fuel by (A) Erythrocytes (B) Brain (C) Liver (D) All of these
Description : Mature erythrocytes do not contain (A) Glycolytic enzymes(B) HMP shunt enzymes (C) Pyridine nucleotide(D) ATP
Last Answer : C
Description : Which of the following statement(s) is/are true concerning the cell function of phagocytosis? a. Phagocytosis is a mechanistically distinct process of endocytosis performed by special cells to take ... known as clathrin d. Phagocytosis is performed only by white blood cells and tissue macrophages
Last Answer : Answer: a Phagocytosis is a specialized form of endocytosis by which large particles are internalized by specialized cells primarily macrophages and neutrophils. To be phagocytosed, particles ... the lumen of the thyroid follicle, thereby releasing the thyroid hormones, thyroxine triiodothyronine
Description : The active form of Entamoeba histolytica feeds upon (a) food in intestine (b) blood only (c) erythrocytes, mucosa and submucosa of colon (d) mucosa and submucosa of colon only
Last Answer : (c) erythrocytes, mucosa and submucosa of colon
Description : Carbon dioxide is transported from tissues to respiratory surface by only (a) plasma and erythrocytes (b) plasma (c) erythrocytes (d) erythrocytes and leucocytes
Last Answer : (a) plasma and erythrocytes
Description : .E.coli cells with a mutated z gene of the lac operon cannot grow in medium containing only lactose as the source of energy because (a) the lac operon is constitutively active in these cells ( ... coli cells do not utilise lactose (d) they cannot transport lactose from the medium into the cell.
Last Answer : (b) they cannot synthesise functional beta galactosidase
Description : All of the following statements about allopurinol are true except (A) It is a structural analogue of uric acid (B) It can prevent uric acid stones in the kidneys (C) It increases the urinary excretion of xanthine and hypoxanthine (D) It is a competitive inhibitor of xanthine oxidase
Description : All of the following statements about primary gout are true except (A) Uric acid stones may be formed in kidneys (B) Arthritis of small joints occurs commonly (C) Urinary excretion of uric acid is decreased (D) It occurs predominantly in males
Description : All of the following statements about uric acid are true except (A) It can be formed from allantoin (B) Formation of uric acid stones in kidneys can be decreased by alkalinisation of urine (C) Uric acid begins to dissociate at pH above 5.8 (D) It is present in plasma mainly as monosodium urate
Description : All of the following statements about uric acid are true except (A) It is a catabolite of purines (B) It is excreted by the kidneys (C) It is undissociated at pH above 5.8 (D) It is less soluble than sodium urate