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Q:

Deep fried foods are carcinogenic because they are rich in

A) Nicotine B) Hydrocarbons
C) Fats D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Fats

Explanation:

Deep fried foods are carcinogenic because they are rich in fats.

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12 2003
Q:

What carries Blood away from the Heart?

A) Arteries B) Veins
C) Both A & B D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Arteries

Explanation:

We know that the circulatory system of our body is a loop. The Heart is the pump, the arteries and their smaller branches (arterioles) carry oxygen rich blood all through your body tissues from the heart and the veins and their smaller branches (venules) carry oxygen depleted blood and waste products back to the heart from all the body parts.

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5 2000
Q:

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Ascomycota?

A) Sac formation B) Zygospore formation
C) Basidium formation D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sac formation

Explanation:

Ascomycota is a division or phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, form the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. 

 

Hence, Sac formation is a characteristic of the Ascomycota fungi.

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2 1999
Q:

Goosebumps are caused by contractions of the

A) Muscles B) Nerves
C) Bones D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Muscles

Explanation:

Goosebumps are caused by the contraction of the tiny muscles attached to hair follicles. These muscles are arrectores pilorum muscles.

 

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6 1996
Q:

Which among the following hormone can be used as a drug to treat cardiac arrest and some other cardiac problems?

A) Epinephrine B) Insulin
C) Thyroxin D) Calcitonin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Epinephrine

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4 1992
Q:

Most of the oxygen transported by the blood is

A) bound to hemoglobin B) dissolved in plasma
C) dissolved in water D) in ionic form as solute in plasma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) bound to hemoglobin

Explanation:

Oxygen is transported throughout the body via hemoglobin in the red blood cells. Hence, most of the oxygen transported by the blood is bounded to hemoglobin.

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4 1991
Q:

Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding infection with parvovirus B19?

A) Parvovirus B19 causes severe anemia because it preferentially infects erythrocyte precursors B) Parvovirus B19 can cause hydrops fetalis via transplacental infection of a fetus in a seropositive mother
C) Parvovirus B19 can be diagnosed by detection of viral RNA using PCR or hybridization assays D) Parvovirus B19 replicates in the host cell nucleus utilizing a virally encoded DNA polymerase to create a double- stranded DNA intermediate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Parvovirus B19 causes severe anemia because it preferentially infects erythrocyte precursors

Explanation:

Parvovirus B19 causes severe anemia because it preferentially infects erythrocyte precursors.

 

a. Parvovirus B19 binds preferentially to the erythrocyte blood group P antigen on erythroid precursor cells.

Answers B, C, D are incorrect:

b. after entry the single-stranded viral DNA genome is transported to the cell nucleus where the host DNA polymerase synthesizes the complimentary DNA strand.

c. Parvovirus B19 infection can be diagnosed by direct detection of viral DNA not RNA.

d. the fetus of a seropositive mother is protected from infection by maternal circulating antibodies.

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1 1985
Q:

The first formed primary xylem elements are called ___________.

A) Metaxylem B) Protoxylem
C) Xylem fibres D) Xylem parenchyma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Protoxylem

Explanation:
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