Which of the following symmetry is found in adult sea-anemone ?
Radial
Biradial
Bilateral
Spherical
A.
Radial
Sea anemone is a cylinfrical and radially symmetrical animal measuring about 5 to 7cm. Body is divided into orl disc, peadal disc and column. It is brownish or yellowish in colour.
Body cavity of adult Ascaris is :
haemocoel
amphicoel
pseudocoel
schizocoel
C.
pseudocoel
Body cavity of Ascaris is called pseudocoel. It is the space between body wall and the alimentary canal which is not lined by mesoderm.
Haemocoel is the primary body cavity of most invertebrates, containing circulatory fluid.
Amphicoel or amphicoelous consists of both anterior and posterior surfaces of the centrum concave.
Schizocoel is a coelom present in the body cavity lying between the digestive tract and the musculature of the body wall.
A condition in which body's internal environment remains relatively constant within limits is called :
homeostasis
hemostasis
hematoma
haemopoiesis
A.
homeostasis
Homeostasis is the condition in which body's internal environment remains relatively constant within limits. Homeostatic mechanisms protects an environment from harmful fluctutations.
Which of the following structure in Pheretima posthuma plays the role of the liver of vertebrates ?
Calciferous glands
Gland cells
Chloragogen cells
Cliteller cells
C.
Chloragogen cells
Chloragogen cells ofPheretima posthuma are analogous to liver of vertebrates. They are said to be excretory. They may also store the reserve food material and manufacture glycogen from fatty acids.
Kuhne:
discovered parathyroid
coined the term enzyme
coined the term gene
discovered enzyme
B.
coined the term enzyme
The term enzyme was given by W. Kuhne in 1678. J.B. Sumner (1926) purified and crystallised urease enzyme and suggested that enzymes are proteins.J.H. Northrop and M. Kunitz (1930) prepared pure crystalline pepsin and trypsin and showed that these enzymes were also proteins.
The parasphenoid bone in frog forms :
base of cranium
floor of cranium
dorsal side of cranium
dorsolateral side of cranium
B.
floor of cranium
Parasphenoid bone is a flattened and inverted T-shaped bone which lies in the median line along the floor of cranium.
Mammalian prolactin is secreted by :
adenohypophysis
neurohypophysis
adrenal cortex
adrenal medulla
A.
adenohypophysis
Mammalian prolactin is secreted by adenohypophysis. ACTH or Adrenocorticotrophic hormone is secreted by adenohypophysis or anterior pituitary.
Oxytocin is secreted by posterior pituitary or neurohypophysis.
Which of the following is not found in Hydra ?
Epithelio-muscular cells
Cnidocyte
Choanocyte
Nerve cells
C.
Choanocyte
Coanocytes are the characteristic cells of sponges not coelenterates.
In Hydra, epitheliomuscular cells, cnidoblasts,interstitial cells, nerve cells, sensory cells, epithelio musculonutritive cells are found.
Thyroid deficiency in infant leads to :
hypothyroidism
myxoedema
cretinism
thyrotoxicosis
C.
cretinism
Cretinism is caused by the deficiency of thyroid hormone in infants. Myxoedema is caused by the deficiency in adults. Graves disease or exophthalmic goitre is caused by the hypersecretion of thyroid hormone.
Glomerular filtrate is
blood minus blood corpuscles and plasma protein
blood minus corpuscles
mixture of water, ammonia and corpuscles
urine
A.
blood minus blood corpuscles and plasma protein
The glomerular filtrate contains a large amount of water and other dissolved substances such as urea, uric acid, creatinine, amino acids, glucose, sodium, potassium, vitamins etc. Both glomerular filterate and blood plasma are similar except former does not consists of proteins.