Multiple Choice Questions

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Ventricles are related to

  • heart only

  • brain only

  • both 'a' and 'b'

  • none of these


C.

both 'a' and 'b'

Ventricles are related to both heart and brain. Mammalian heart is four chambered. The upper two chambers known as right and left auricle and the lower as right and left ventricles. In brain there are four ventricles. Ventricle Ist and II (lateral ventricles) are cavities of two cerebral hemispheres. IIIrd ventricle (diocoel) is cavity of diencephalon and IV ventricle (metacoel) is cavity of medulla oblongata.


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Schwann cell is found around

  • axon

  • cyton

  • dendrite

  • dendron


Which one of the following depresses brain activity and produces feelings of calmness, relaxation and drowsiness?

  • Valium

  • Morphine

  • Hashish

  • Amphetamines


Which part of retina consists of only cones?

  • Fovea centralis

  • optic nerve

  • Blind spot

  • Orasmata


Reflex action involves

  • spinal cord

  • cerbellum

  • medulla oblongata

  • optic lobe


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Now-a-days cornea transplantation is very popular. The reason is that it

  • is easy to preserve

  • transplanted very easily

  • can be easily obtained

  • does not link with blood supply and immune system


Unidirectional transmission of a nerve impulse through nerve fibre is due to the fact that

  • nerve fibre is insulated by a medullary sheath

  • sodium pump starts operating only at the cyton and then continues into the nerve fibre

  • neurotransmitters are released by dendrites and not by axon endings

  • neurotransmitters are released by the axon endings and not by dendrites.


One of the examples of the action of the autonomous nervous system is

  • knee-jerk response

  • pupillary reflex

  • swallowing of food

  • peristalsis of the intestines


Which of the following is the part of mid brain of rabbit?

  • Diencephalon

  • Cerebrum

  • Corpora quadrigemina

  • None of the above


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Cornea transplant in humans is almost never rejected. This is because

  • it is composed of enucleated cells

  • it is a non-living layer

  • its cells are least penetrable by bacteria

  • it has no blood supply


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