Multiple Choice Questions

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Meissner's corpuscles occur in

  • brain

  • nerve cells

  • skin

  • tongue


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skin

Meissner's corpuscles are a type of nerve ending in the skin that is responsible for sensitivity to light touch. Tangoreceptors have sense of touch. Meissner's corpuscles are found in dermis of skin of finger tip, lips and nipples. These have sense of touch and gentle pressure.


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

  • GABA

  • Acetylcholine

  • Dopamine

  • Glutamic acid


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

  • Hearing

  • Speech

  • Vision

  • Memory


Which centre is stimulated during increase in body temperature?

  • Anterior hypothalamus

  • Posterior hypothalamus

  • Limbic system

  • Red nucleus


Kupffer's cells are

  • phagocytic

  • actin

  • myosin

  • fibrin


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Movement of tongue muscle is controlled by

  • facial nerve

  • trigeminal nerve

  • hypoglossal nerve

  • vagus nerve


Tetany is caused by

  • hyperparathyroidism

  • hypoparathyroidism

  • hyperthyroidism

  • hypothyroidism


Name the following having oxygen storing capacity

  • myoglobin

  • prophase- II

  • anaphase- I

  • metaphase- II


Longest phase of meiosis

  • prophase- I

  • prophase- II

  • anaphase- I

  • metaphase- II


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Which the following is a gastrointestine hormone?

  • Prolactin

  • Enterogastrone

  • GH

  • FSH