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Important Questions on Body Fluids and Circulation

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Correct course of blood circulation in human heart.
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Blood pressure in the mammalian aorta is maximum during
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The hepatic portal vein drains blood to the liver from
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Statement (S): The sinoatrial node is called 'Pace-maker'.

Reason (R): The sinoatrial node contains specialised cardiomyocytes and generates action potentials without any external stimuli.

The correct answer is

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Doctors use a stethoscope to hear the sounds produced during each cardiac cycle. The second sound is heard when:
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Which one of the following animals has two separate circulatory pathways?
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Match the different types of heart given in column A with organisms given in column B. Choose the correct combination.
 
Column A Column B
P. Neurogenic heart. i. Human
Q. Bronchial heart. ii. King crab
R. Pulmonary heart. iii. Shark
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Purkinje fibres are located in the following structure/s
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Match the items given in Column I with those in Column II and select the correct option given below:
 
  Column – I   Column – II
a. Tricuspid valve i. Between left atrium and left ventricle.
b. Bicuspid valve ii. Between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery.
c. Semilunar valve iii. Between the right atrium and right ventricle.
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Given below are sets of five terms each. Rewrite the terms in correct order in a logical sequence beginning with the first word that is underlined:

Artery, Capillaries, Venule, Vein, Arteriole.

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Assertion (A): Pulmonary aorta in human embryo communicates with systemic aorta by a thin vessel called ductus arteriosus.
Reason (R): In the heart of the human embryo, oxygenated and deoxygenated blood is completely separated.
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In mammals, which blood vessel would normally carry the largest amount of urea?
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Which one of the following graphs best describes the Blood Pressure (BP) change when blood moves from aorta to capillaries?

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Name a vessel that starts and terminates with capillaries. (Hepatic portal artery/Hepatic portal vein)
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 Given below is a schematic representation of secretion of gland A and a blood capillary in its close proximity,

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 What do the arrows outside the blood capillary indicate?

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The blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart is: