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One of the following movements is not completely involuntary. It is

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  1. Peristalsis

  2. Systole of ventricles

  3. Dilation of eye pupil

  4. Deglutition

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Correct Option: D

Alexis St. Martin is famous for

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  1. His views on evolution

  2. Work on animal breeding

  3. Open stomach for experiments on digestion

  4. Being first person to study digestion

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Alexis St. Martin was a Canadian voyageur known for his part in the study of digestion in humans.
  • St. Martin was shot with a musket at close range and had a near-fatal accident in 1822.
  • He was treated by an American Army physician William Beaumont.
  • His wound was not healed fully and also left an opening into his stomach.
  • Studies were conducted on St. Martin's stomach which led to helped to understand the structure of the stomach, different types of gastric juices and the processes of digestion and other activities in the stomach.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Open stomach for experiments on digestion'.

The scientist to study digestion for the first time was

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  1. Beaumount

  2. Pavlov

  3. Guillemin

  4. Sach

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Beaumont recognized that he had in St. Martin an unusual opportunity to observe digestive processes. Dr. Beaumont began to perform experiments on digestion for the first time using the stomach of St. Martin. He is known as father of gastric physiology.

So, the correct option is 'William Beaumont'.

Read the following statements and select the correct option.
Statement 1 : Deglutition starts as a reflex and then continues by voluntary action.
Statement 2 : Oesophagus has smooth muscles in the beginning and striated muscles In the rest of its wall.

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  1. Both statements 1 and 2 are correct.

  2. Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect.

  3. Statement 1 is incorrect but statement 2 is correct.

  4. Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The correct answer is (d).

Two friends are eating together on a dining table. One of them suddenly starts coughing while swallowing some food. This coughing would have been due to improper movement of

biology coordination in life processes ingestion of food mechanism of digestion

  1. Epiglottis

  2. Diaphragm

  3. Neck

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: A