Animal Anatomy and Physiology

GATE Life Sciences Animal Anatomy and Physiology

20 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If there is complete mixing of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood in the heart, then

  1. blood to the lungs would be rich in oxygen, and the tissues would receive blood low in oxygen
  2. tissues would receive completely oxygenated blood, and lungs would receive completely deoxygenated blood
  3. blood to the lungs would be low in oxygen, and the tissues would receive blood rich in oxygen
  4. lungs and tissues would receive blood with the same amount of oxygen
  5. the two types of blood will maintain their characteristics and no net effect will be there
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Glucocorticoids are mainly responsible for

  1. enhancement of glucose production
  2. retention of sodium by kidney
  3. diminution of glucose formation
  4. excretion of sodium by kidney
  5. decrease in glucose metabolism
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

During the transmission of nerve impulse through a nerve fibre, the potential on the inner side of the plasma membrane has which type of electric charge?

  1. First negative, then positive and continues to be positive
  2. First negative, then positive and again back to negative
  3. First positive, then negative and continues to be negative
  4. First positive, then negative and again back to positive
  5. It continues to be negative.
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The homeostatic regulation of an animal involves three basic steps, viz. detection of changes in the environment, evaluation of changes and adjustment or response to the changes respectively. Which of the following are the components that are sequentially involved in such a regulation?

  1. Spinal cord, brain, effectors
  2. Receptors, CNS, effectors
  3. Receptors, sensory nerves, effectors
  4. Receptors, brain, effectors
  5. Spinal cord, sense organs
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The muscular contraction in which the tension of the muscle increases sharply while the length of the muscle remains the same and no mechanical work is done is called

  1. isometric contraction
  2. isotonic contraction
  3. twitch
  4. tetanus
  5. single contraction
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the fullowing structural proteins makes up the head in the cross bridges formed in a myofibril?

  1. Elastin
  2. G-actin
  3. Myosin
  4. Actin
  5. Tropomyosin
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Example of negative feedback loop in animals is

  1. salivation of mouth at the sight of food
  2. secretion of sweat gland and constriction of skin blood vessels when it is too hot
  3. secretion of tears after any dust particle falls into the eye
  4. constriction of skin, blood vessels and skeletal muscles when it is too cold
  5. closing of eyelid on sudden exposure to intense light
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Regarding cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which of the following is a false statement?

  1. CSF is produced in the choroid plexus and drains into the cerebral arterial circle.
  2. It moves metabolic wastes away from the cells of nervous tissue.
  3. It has a specific gravity of 1.007, thus it buoys the brain.
  4. It maintains a volume of 140-200 ml and a fluid pressure of 10mm Hg.
  5. All of the above
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Leucopenia is the condition in which

  1. the total number of leucocytes decreases below 5000/cu mm
  2. bone marrow is destroyed
  3. leucopoiesis stops
  4. the total number of leucocytes increases above 6000/cu mm
  5. leucocytes show abnormal phagocytosis
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Digestive enzymes present in gastric and pancreatic juices have optimum pH ranges from 1.8-7.8.
Enzyme pepsin which acts upon milk protein, casein, has optimal pH value of

  1. 6.2
  2. 7.8
  3. 7.0
  4. 1.8
  5. 2.2
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Cardiac impulse is produced by SA node and impulse is transmitted to the AV node, from which it passed through bundle of His and then reaches Purkinje fibre.
Purkinje fibres are responsible for

  1. carrying impulse to auricles
  2. distributing cardiac impulse from bundle of His to walls of ventricles
  3. controlling the opening of A.V.V
  4. controlling the opening of S.L.V
  5. carrying impulse to the cardiac muscle of right auricle
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the different types of hearts given in column A with their respective examples given in column B. Choose the answer showing the correct combination of the alphabets of the two columns.
Column A (heart) Column B (animals)
P. Myogenic heart i. Shark
Q. Branchial heart ii. Limulus
R. Neurogenic heart iii. Human
S. Pulmonary heart iv. Mollusca

  1. P - ii, Q - iv, R - i, S - iii
  2. P - iv, Q - i, R - ii, S - iii
  3. P - iv, Q - iii, R - i, S - ii
  4. P - iii, Q - ii, R - I, S - iv
  5. P - ii, Q - i, R - iv, S - iii
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following terms denotes the classification of muscles based on their functions?

There can be three types of muscles based on the structure of their fibres : 1) Striated/skeletal muscle 2) Smooth muscle 3) Cardiac muscle

  1. Tetanus
  2. Trapezius
  3. Extensor
  4. Treppe
  5. Rigor mortis
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following columns:
Column A Column B
P) kidney stone i) renin
Q) sebum ii) precipitation of uric acid
R) kidney iii) kidney stone
S) erythropoiesis iv) sebaceous glands

  1. P - ii, Q - iv, R - i, S - iii
  2. P - i, Q - iv, R - ii, S - iii
  3. P - iv, Q - ii, R - i, S - iii
  4. P - i, Q - iii, R - ii, S - iv
  5. P - iii, Q - ii, R - iv, S - i
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Function of occulomotor nerve is

The third and fourth cranial nerves having same origin, i.e. floor of mid brain but differ in distribution and function.

  1. lateral movement of eyeball
  2. larynx elevation
  3. accomodation of eye
  4. mandible movement
  5. swallowing
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Cardiac impulse is produced by SA node and impulse is transmitted to the AV node, from which it passed through bundle of His and then reaches Purkinje fibre.
Cardiac impulse is transmitted from SA node to AV node through

  1. internodal fibre
  2. interzonal fibre
  3. purkinje fibre
  4. elastin fibre
  5. collagen fibre
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The fourth cranial nerve is distributed in the areas of

The third and fourth cranial nerves having same origin, i.e. floor of mid brain but differ in distribution and function.

  1. eye muscle pupil and ciliary muscle
  2. superior oblique eye muscle
  3. vestibule and cochlea
  4. retina
  5. lateral rectus eye muscle
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Carboxypeptidase breaks large peptides to form smaller peptides, and has the optimum pH of

Digestive enzymes present in gastric and pancreatic juices have optimum pH ranges (from 1.8-7.8).

  1. 7.5
  2. 1.8
  3. 7.8
  4. 7.0
  5. 7.7
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In case of skeletal muscle, which of the following represents its chemical composition?

There can be three types of muscles based on the structure of their fibres : 1) Striated/skeletal muscle 2) Smooth muscle 3) Cardiac muscle

  1. Water 20%, protein 20%, minerals and organic compounds 60%
  2. Water 75%, protein 20%, minerals and organic compounds 5%
  3. Water 10%, protein 20%, minerals and organic compounds 70%
  4. Water 30%, protein 10%, minerals and organic compounds 60%
  5. Water 20%, protein 30%, minerals and organic compounds 50%
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match these two columns and identify the correct option

Column A Column B
P. Alzheimer’s disease i. Irregular electrical discharge in the neuron
Q. Epilepsy ii. Degeneration of neurons on the cerebral cortex
R. Huntington’s chorea iii. Degeneration of dopaminergic neurons
S. Parkinson’s disease iv. Decreased production of Acetylcholine
  1. P - ii, Q - iv, R - i, S - iii
  2. P - i, Q - iv, R - ii, S - iii
  3. P - iv, Q - i, R - ii, S - iii
  4. P - i, Q - iii, R - ii, S - iv
  5. P - iii, Q - ii, R - iv, S - i