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Transverse nerve fibres found in hind brain represent

  1. Crura cerebri

  2. Pons varolli

  3. Arbor vitae

  4. Choroid plexus


Correct Option: B

Node of Ranvier occurs over

  1. Muscle

  2. Dendrite

  3. Right auricle

  4. Axon


Correct Option: D

Homoeostasis is maintained by

  1. Cerebellum

  2. Cerebrum

  3. Diencephalon

  4. Medulla oblongata


Correct Option: C

Temporal lobe does not contain

  1. Wernickes area

  2. Olfactory area

  3. Auditory area

  4. Brocas area


Correct Option: D

Foramen of Monro connects

  1. Diocoel with paracoel

  2. Diocoel with metacoel

  3. Diocoel with epicoel

  4. Epicoel with metacoel


Correct Option: A

The processes that occur during repolarisation of nerve fibres are 
(i) Open N$a^+$ channels 
(ii) Closed N$a^+$ channels 
(iii) Closed $K^+$ channels 
(iv) Open $K^+$ channels

  1. (ii) and (iii)

  2. (i) and (ii)

  3. (ii) and (iv)

  4. (i) and (iii)


Correct Option: C

Nerve fibre in resting stage is 

  1. Less permeable to $K^+$

  2. Semipermeable

  3. More permeable to $K^+$

  4. All the above


Correct Option: C

Primary function of myelin sheath around vertebrate axon is to

  1. Regulate Na-K pump

  2. Increase in size of action potential

  3. Increase in speed of conduction by preventing leakage of nerve impulse

  4. Deactivate the release of neurotransmitter


Correct Option: C

Characteristics of graded potential is

  1. Always followed by a refractory period

  2. Amplitude is always the same

  3. Duration and strength varies

  4. All or none response


Correct Option: C