Multiple Choice Questions

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The leucocytes contain which of the following in large quantity ?

  • basophils

  • neutrophils

  • eosinophils

  • monocytes


B.

neutrophils

WBCs or White Blood Cells are known as leucocytes. These are of two types: Agranulocytes (30%) and granulocytes (70%).

Granulocytes are made in the bone marrow but by the cells different from those that make red blood cells. These are of three types: Neutrophils, Eosinophils and basophils.

Neutrophils constitute about 70% of the total number of granular WBCs. They squeeze between the cells of the capillary walls and intercellular spaces. They actively phagocytic phagocytic which engulf and digest disease causing bacteria.


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During inspiration, the diaphragm :

  • expands

  • shows no change

  • contracts and flattens

  • relaxes to become dome-saped


Cardiac output is determined by:

  • heart rate

  • stroke volume

  • blood flow

  • both 'a' and 'b'


Which part of our body secreted the hormone secretin?

  • ileum

  • stomach

  • duodenum

  • oesophagus


The lining of intestine and kidneys in humans is :

  • keratinized

  • brush border

  • ciliated

  • none of these


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Carotene pigment is found in the cells of

  • dermis

  • epidermis

  • adipose cell

  • both 'b' and 'c


Debove's membrane is a layer of :

  • muscular tissue

  • epithelial tissue

  • connective tissue

  • all of the above


The important function of lymph is to :

  • transport oxygen to the brain

  • transport carbon dioxide to the lungs

  • return RBCs to the lymph nodes

  • return interstitial fluid to the blood


Achilles tendon is associated with :

  • gluteus muscle

  • hamstring muscle

  • quadriceps muscle

  • gastrocnemius muscle


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The oxygen toxicity is related with:

  • blood poisoning

  • collapse of alveolar walls

  • failure of ventilation of lungs

  • both 'a' and 'b'