31. Gallstones are obtained from cattle are used for making?
[A] necklaces
[B] paints
[C] soaps
[D] foods
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Correct Answer: A [necklaces]
Notes:
Gallstones are obtained from cattle are used for making necklaces or pendants.
32. What area of the skin structure is responsible for the “goosebump” formation of the skin?
[A] Arrector Pili Muscle
[B] Pacinian corpuscle
[C] Meissner’s Corpuscle
[D] Sensory Nerve Fiber
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Correct Answer: A [Arrector Pili Muscle ]
Notes:
Arrector pili muscles are small muscles attached to hair follicles in mammals. The contraction of these muscles causes the hairs to stand up at the ends, known as goosebumps.
33. Which of the following tissue is found in the inner walls of organs?
[A] Visceral Muscle Tissue
[B] Skeletal Muscle Tissue
[C] Cardiac Muscle Tissue
[D] None of these
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Correct Answer: A [Visceral Muscle Tissue]
Notes:
Visceral Muscle Tissue is found in the inner walls of organs. While Skeletal Muscles are typically attached to bones and Cardiac muscles are found in the heart.
34. How do the muscles attached to the bones move the body?
[A] automatically
[B] pull movement only
[C] push movement only
[D] push and pull movement
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Correct Answer: B [pull movement only]
Notes:
The muscles move the body only by pulling. They cannot push through the tissues to which they are attached. Two sets of muscles control most movements, one set of muscles pulls the bones in one direction, and the other set pulls the bones in the opposite direction.
35. What is the smallest functional component of the human excretory system?
[A] bladder
[B] kidney
[C] nephron
[D] None of these
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Correct Answer: D [None of these]
Notes:
A nephron is the smallest functional component of the human excretory system.
36. Complete digestion of food takes place in:
[A] Stomach
[B] Small Intestine
[C] Pancreas
[D] Large Intestine
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Correct Answer: B [Small Intestine]
Notes:
Complete digestion of food takes place in Small Intestine. The small intestine carries out most of the digestion process, absorbing almost all of the nutrients from foods into your bloodstream.
37. A hormone that is synthesized from histidine amino acid:
[A] Histamine
[B] Epinephrine
[C] Norepinephrine
[D] Dopamine
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Correct Answer: A [Histamine]
Notes:
A hormone that is synthesized from histidine amino acid is Histamine. While Epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine are amine hormones, which are synthesized by modifying the amino acid tyrosine.
38. What is the function of Sertoli cells in the male reproductive system?
[A] help in the erection of the penis
[B] secrete male sex hormones
[C] carrier of man’s genes
[D] provide nutrition to germ cells
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Correct Answer: D [provide nutrition to germ cells]
Notes:
Providing nutrition to germ cells is the function of Sertoli cells in the male reproductive system.
39. What is the word used for a disease that people can catch from animals?
[A] Hypochondriasis
[B] Zoonosis
[C] Toxicosis
[D] Narcosis
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Correct Answer: B [Zoonosis]
Notes:
Zoonosis is an infectious disease that has jumped from non-human animals to humans.
40. What are the symptoms of malaria?
[A] fever and flu-like illness
[B] including shaking chills
[C] muscle aches
[D] All of the above
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Correct Answer: D [All of the above]
Notes:
Fever and flu-like illness, including shaking chills, and muscle aches are the symptoms of malaria.
