Multiple Choice Questions

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Movement of tongue muscle is controlled by

  • facial nerve

  • trigeminal nerve

  • hypoglossal nerve

  • vagus nerve


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hypoglossal nerve

There are twelve cranial nerves in mammals. Hypoglossal (the 12th) cranial nerve is responsible for movement of neck and tongue. It contains both sensory and motor fibres.

Fcaial nerve (7th nerve) helps in contracting and producing facial expressions.

Trigeminal nerve carries sensation from a person's face to brain. 

Vagus nerve is the longest nerve of the body. It helps to regulate many critical aspects of human physiology such as, heart rate, blood pressure etc.


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Name the following having oxygen storing capacity

  • myoglobin

  • prophase- II

  • anaphase- I

  • metaphase- II


Which the following is a gastrointestine hormone?

  • Prolactin

  • Enterogastrone

  • GH

  • FSH


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

  • Hearing

  • Speech

  • Vision

  • Memory


Tetany is caused by

  • hyperparathyroidism

  • hypoparathyroidism

  • hyperthyroidism

  • hypothyroidism


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Which centre is stimulated during increase in body temperature?

  • Anterior hypothalamus

  • Posterior hypothalamus

  • Limbic system

  • Red nucleus


Meissner's corpuscles occur in

  • brain

  • nerve cells

  • skin

  • tongue


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

  • GABA

  • Acetylcholine

  • Dopamine

  • Glutamic acid


Kupffer's cells are

  • phagocytic

  • actin

  • myosin

  • fibrin


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Longest phase of meiosis

  • prophase- I

  • prophase- II

  • anaphase- I

  • metaphase- II