Multiple Choice Questions

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Heparin is secreted by

  • mast cell

  • alveolar cell

  • plasma cell

  • goblet cell


A.

mast cell

Heparin is released from mast-cells. It is an anticoagulant which prevents activation of prothrombin. 

Alveolar cells secrete pulmonary surfactant to lower the surface tension of water and allows the membrane to seperate, therefore increasing its capability to exchange gases.

Plasma cells are WBCs or White Blood Cells secrete large volumes of antibodies.

Goblet cells secrete mucus in order to protect the mucous membranes where they are found.


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Haemophilia is more commonly seen in human males than in human females because

  • this disease is due to an X- linked dominant mutation

  • a greater proportion of girls die in infancy

  • this disease is due to an X- linked recessive mutation

  • this disease is due to a Y- linked recessive mutation


Which vertebrate orgen receives only oxygenated blood?

  • Gill

  • Lung

  • Spleen

  • Liver


The epithelial lining in the alveoli of the frogs facing lung cavity is

  • squamous ciliated

  • columnar ciliated

  • columnar nonciliated

  • squamous nonciliated


G-6-P dehydrogenase deficiency is associated with haemolysis of

  • lymphocytes

  • RBCs

  • platelets

  • leucocytes


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CO is harmful to human being because

  • it decreases CO2 concentration

  • it competes O2 to combine with haemoglobin

  • it is carcinogenic

  • it depletes O2 layer


Which of the following substances, if introduce in the blood stream, would cause coagulation, at the site of its introduction?

  • Fibrinogen

  • Prothrombin

  • Heparin

  • Thromboplastin


The first heart sound is produced when

  • diastole begins

  • semilunar valve close quickly

  • interventricular pressure decrease

  • bicuspid and tricuspid valve close quickly


RBC's are nucleated in

  • man

  • rat

  • frog

  • rabbit


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In diastole, heart is filled by

  • mixed blood

  • venous blood

  • oxygenated blood

  • deoxygenated blood


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