Multiple Choice Questions

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Tetany is caused by

  • hyperparathyroidism

  • hypoparathyroidism

  • hyperthyroidism

  • hypothyroidism


B.

hypoparathyroidism

Tetany is caused due to hypoparathyroidism. It causes the lowering blood calcium level. This increases the excitibility of nerves and muscles which results in sustained contraction of muscles of larynx, face, hands and feet.


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Which centre is stimulated during increase in body temperature?

  • Anterior hypothalamus

  • Posterior hypothalamus

  • Limbic system

  • Red nucleus


Longest phase of meiosis

  • prophase- I

  • prophase- II

  • anaphase- I

  • metaphase- II


Kupffer's cells are

  • phagocytic

  • actin

  • myosin

  • fibrin


Which function will be lost due to damage of occipetal lobe?

  • Hearing

  • Speech

  • Vision

  • Memory


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Which of the following substances can cure Parkinson's disease?

  • GABA

  • Acetylcholine

  • Dopamine

  • Glutamic acid


Which the following is a gastrointestine hormone?

  • Prolactin

  • Enterogastrone

  • GH

  • FSH


Movement of tongue muscle is controlled by

  • facial nerve

  • trigeminal nerve

  • hypoglossal nerve

  • vagus nerve


Meissner's corpuscles occur in

  • brain

  • nerve cells

  • skin

  • tongue


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Name the following having oxygen storing capacity

  • myoglobin

  • prophase- II

  • anaphase- I

  • metaphase- II