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Q:

Synapsis occurs during

A) Mitosis B) Meiosis
C) Both A & B D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Meiosis

Explanation:

Synapsis is the pairing of two homologous chromosomes that occurs during meiosis. It allows matching-up of homologous pairs prior to their segregation, and possible chromosomal crossover between them.

Synapsis takes place during prophase I of meiosis.

It is also called as Syndesis.

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Q:

Oxygen in our blood is transported by a protein named

A) keratin B) myoglobi
C) collagen D) haemoglobin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) haemoglobin

Explanation:

Oxygen in our blood is transported by a protein named Haemoglobin.

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Q:

Sleeping sickness in main is caused by the organism 

A) Plasmodium B) entamoeba
C) giardia D) trypanosoma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) trypanosoma

Explanation:

Trypanasoma is a protozoan animal. It lives as a parasite in the blood and later invades the cerebrospinal fluid to cause the sleeping sickness. This parasite is transmitted by the Tsetse fly.

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Q:

Man has _____ pairs of salivary glands

A) 3 B) 4
C) 6 D) 8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 3

Explanation:

Salivary glands of man are 3 pairs = 6. They are one pair of parotid glands, one pair of sub-maxillary or sub-mandibular glands and one pair of sub-lingual glands.

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Q:

The term aerotolerant anaerobe refers to an organism that

A) uses oxygen or grows without oxygen. B) requires more oxygen than is present in air.
C) does not use oxygen but tolerates it. D) requires less oxygen than is present in air.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) does not use oxygen but tolerates it.

Explanation:
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Q:

Which statement is true about blood alcohol concentration?

A) The higher the blood alcohol concentration, the more severe the hangover will be. B) Drinking coffee and exercising will lower your blood alcohol concentration.
C) Blood alcohol concentration is affected by factors such as body size and gender. D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Blood alcohol concentration is affected by factors such as body size and gender.

Explanation:

Blood alcohol concentration is affected by factors such as body size and gender. Women are usually smaller than men, and that they turn out less of the enzyme that breaks down alcohol.

 

For those reasons, most girls can have a higher BAC than the typical male if they each drink an identical quantity of alcohol.

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Q:

Which of these is Not a Carcinogen?

A) Cadmium B) Asbestos
C) Benzene D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

Explanation:

Asbestos can cause

    •  Lungs
    • Gastrointestinal tract  types of Cancer.

Benzene can cause

    • Leukemia
    • Hodgkin's lymphoma types of Cancer.

Cadmium can cause

    • Prostate type of Cancer.
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Q:

The kidneys are stimulated to produce renin

A) when the pH of the urine decreases B) when the specific gravity of urine rises above 1.10
C) when the peritubular capillaries are dilated D) by a decrease in the blood pressure
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) by a decrease in the blood pressure

Explanation:

The kidneys are stimulated to produce renin by a decrease in the blood pressure.

 

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The renin-angiotensin system or RAS regulates blood pressure and fluid balance in the body. When blood volume or sodium levels in the body are low, or blood potassium is high, cells in the kidney release the enzyme, renin. Renin's primary function is therefore to eventually cause an increase in blood pressure, leading to restoration of perfusion pressure in the kidneys.

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