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Questions Related to circulation of blood

Glomerular filtration rate would be decreased by?

  1. Construction of the efferent arteriole

  2. An increase in afferent arteriolar pressure

  3. Compression of the renal capsule

  4. An increase in renal blood flow


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Constriction of the afferent arteriole would increase the pressure in the afferent arteriole. This would decrease the blood flow into the glomerulus and hence, the glomerular filtration rate decreases. This is due to the decrease in the glomerular hydrostatic pressure.
So, the correct answer is 'An increase in afferent arteriolar pressure'.

Stethoscope was invented by 

  1. Koch

  2. Laennec

  3. Walkman

  4. Jenner


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The stethoscope was invented in France in 1816 by Rene Laennec in Paris. 

Choose the correct pathway of the transmission of impulses in the heart

  1. AV node $\rightarrow$ SA node $\rightarrow$ Bundle of His $\rightarrow$ Purkinje fibres

  2. SA node $\rightarrow$ AV node $\rightarrow$ Bundle of His $\rightarrow$ Purkinje fibres

  3. SA node $\rightarrow$ Bundle of His $\rightarrow$ AV node $\rightarrow$ purkinje fibres

  4. AV node $\rightarrow$ Bundle of His $\rightarrow$ SA node $\rightarrow$ Purkinje fibres


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
1. The sinoatrial node (SA node) generates the electric impulse that begins the heart beat.
2. The excitation wave travels throughout the muscle of each atrium, causing it to contract.
3. The atrioventricular node (AV node) is stimulated. The relatively slower conduction through this node allows time for the atria to contract and complete the filling of the ventricles.
4. The excitation wave travels rapidly through the bundle of His and then throughout the ventricular walls by means of the bundle branches and Purkinje fibers. 

Pulse is a wave contraction transmitted along the

  1. Veins

  2. Arteries

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The arterial pulse is a measurement of the heart’s contraction rate because a pulse wave is created when the left ventricle contracts. The arteries expand in response to this contraction and increase in volume. Once expanded, the arteries will contract forcing blood to circulate to the capillaries and then to the veins. The arterial pulse is evaluated for the contour of the pulse wave and its volume, rate and rhythm. The carotid pulse is the most accurate reflection of central aortic pulse. Thus, option B is correct. 

The wave of expansion of an artery when blood is forced into it, is called as

  1. Heart beat

  2. Pulse

  3. Blood wave

  4. Artery wave


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Pulse is the regular, recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery, produced by waves of pressure, caused by the ejection of blood from the left ventricle of the heart as it contracts. Pulse is easily detected on superficial arteries, such as the radial and carotid arteries, and corresponds to each beat of the heart.

The resting person usually has a plus rate between ....... beats per minute.

  1. 72 and 78

  2. 72 and 80

  3. 72 and 76

  4. 70 and 80


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Resting heart rate is the heart pumping the lowest amount of blood you need because you’re not exercising. If you’re sitting or lying and you’re calm, relaxed and aren’t ill, your heart rate is normally between 70 (beats per minute) and 80 (beats per minute). But a heart rate lower than 60 doesn’t necessarily signal a medical problem. It could be the result of taking a drug such as a beta blocker. A lower heart rate is also common for people who get a lot of physical activity or are very athletic, Stein said. Active people often have lower heart rates because their heart muscle is in better condition and doesn’t need to work as hard to maintain a steady beat. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

The number of beats ........ is called as the pulse rate.

  1. Two minutes

  2. Three minutes

  3. Per minute

  4. Four minutes


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Pulse is a term that signifies the throbbing of arteries as an effect of heartbeat and is counted by the number of beats per minute. The normal pulse rate ( count of arterial pulse beats per minute ) in a healthy adult at rest ranges from 72 to 80 beats per minute. However, the pulse rate may fluctuate with exercise, illness, injury, and emotions.
Pulse rate in an individual can be checked at various points on the body. This is because the pulse may palpate at any place in the human body where an artery can be compressed against a  bone. These are the neck, inside of the elbow,  the wrist,  groin,  behind the knee, ankle joint and foot.

Pulse represents 

  1. Tactile arterial palpation.

  2. Tactile venous palpation.

  3. Capillary palpation.

  4. None of the above.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The rate at which the heart beats is pulse rate. As the heart pumps blood through the body, the pulse can be felt in some of the blood vessels close to the surface of the skin such as wrist, neck or upper arm. Hence pulse represents tactile arterial palpation. Thus the correct answer is option A.

A normal pulse is .......... in rhythm. 

  1. Regular

  2. Irregular

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A normal pulse is regular and strong. Heart rates, and therefore pulse rates (number of beats per minute) change with age and can vary between individuals of the same age.


So, the correct option is 'Regular'.

The normal pulse for healthy individual ranges from 

  1. 20-40 beats/minute.

  2. 200-600 beats/minutes.

  3. 60-100 beats/minutes.

  4. 90 beats/minute.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  • Pulse is a pressure wave that travels through the arteries after each ventricular systole.
  • Since each heartbeat generates one pulse in the arteries, the pulse rate per minute indicates the heart rate.
  • Thus, pulse rate is the same as that of heart rate, between 60 to 100 beats per minute. 
Thus option C is the correct answer.