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______ serves as a cofactor for enzymes that catalyzes carboxylation and therefore activation of clotting factors like prothrombin.

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Important Questions on Digestion and Absorption

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Which one of the following is incapable of curing Pellagra?
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Fructose is absorbed into the blood through mucosa cells of intestine by the process called ----------------------.
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Diseases caused by the deficiency of vitamin D(X) and vitamin B2(Y) are:
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This clotting factor is involved in the formation of prothrombin activator in the intrinsic pathway of the clotting process of blood
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Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Fatty acids and glycerols cannot be absorbed into the blood.
Statement II: Specialized lymphatic capillaries called lacteals carry chylomicrons into lymphatic vessels and ultimately into the blood.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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Match the vitamins listed in Column-I with the diseases caused due to their deficiency in Column II.

  Column I   Column II
P. Vitamin A i. Pellegra
Q. Vitamin B2 ii. Rickets
R. Vitamin D iii. Ariboflavinosis
S. Vitamin B12 iv. Night blindness
    v. Pernicious anaemia

Choose the CORRECT combination.

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Clotting of blood in blood banks can be prevented by the addition of
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Identify the factor which starts extrinsic pathway of blood clotting
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A person had therapeutic surgery, which removed part of his stomach. Later, he started suffering from pernicious anemia. Biochemical tests showed that he had vitamin B12  deficiency. The most plausible cause for this deficiency is
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Study the following.
A) Blood coagulation is also called haemolysis.
B) Blood clotting is a change in plasma.
C) Serum does not contain clotting factors like prothrombin and fibrinogen.
D) Proconvertin is involved in extrinsic pathway.

Select the incorrect statement.

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Given below are two statements:

Statement I: The coagulam is formed of network of threads called thrombins.

Statement II: Spleen is the graveyard of erythrocytes.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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Which enzyme is responsible for the conversion of inactive fibrinogens to fibrins?
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When a blood vessel is injured a number of physiological mechanisms are activated that promote hemostasis. Identify the correct group from the following:
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Read the following statements and select the correct option.
Statement 1: Prothrombin is essential for blood clotting.
Statement 2: Prothrombin is synthesised in the liver in the presence of Ca++ .
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Intrinsic and extrinsic pathways of blood clotting are interlinked at the activation steps of which of the following factors?