Multiple Choice Questions

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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


D.

it has no blood supply

Cornea is a tranparent layer of tissue continuous with sclerotic that forms the front part of vertebrae eye over the iris and lens. It refracts light waves entering the eye onto lens. Cornea is avascular (ie, it has no blood supply). It is one of the first organs to be successfully transplanted because it lacks blood vessels.


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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


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

  • Valium

  • Morphine

  • Hashish

  • Amphetamines


Schwann cell is found around

  • axon

  • cyton

  • dendrite

  • dendron


Reflex action involves

  • spinal cord

  • cerbellum

  • medulla oblongata

  • optic lobe


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Which part of retina consists of only cones?

  • Fovea centralis

  • optic nerve

  • Blind spot

  • Orasmata


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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Ventricles are related to

  • heart only

  • brain only

  • both 'a' and 'b'

  • none of these


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