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Gaseous Exchange and Transport in Animals

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Which property of gills makes it possible to be regularly bathed by water currents?

  1. Structure

  2. Position

  3. Area

  4. Shape


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Gills are positioned in such a way so that it is regularly bathed with water currents.

Where is the schneiderian membrane located?

  1. Windpipe

  2. Pharynx

  3. Larynx

  4. Maxillary region


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The maxillary sinus is lined with schneiderian membrane. This membrane is histologically a bilaminar membrane with ciliated columnar epithelial cells on the internal side and periosteum on the osseous side.

Where does the process of aerobic respiration takes place?

  1. Cytoplasm

  2. Mitochondria

  3. Nucleus

  4. Ribosomes


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

All the enzymes required for aerobic respiration are present in mitochondria. Therefore, the process of aerobic respiration takes place in mitochondria.

What is the function of nasal hair?

  1. Path for air

  2. Filtration

  3. Air conditioning

  4. Moistening


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Nasal hair acts as a filter because large-sized bacteria, spores, dust particles, etc. which are inhaled with air get entangled between the nasal hair and removed.

Which organ is made up of thyroid, circoid, paired arytenoid and epiglottis cartilages?

  1. Pharynx

  2. Larynx

  3. Trachea

  4. Vestibule


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Larynx is made up of thyroid, circoid, paired arytenoid and epiglottis cartilages.

What is the sound producing organ of the respiratory tract called?

  1. Pharynx

  2. Windpipe

  3. Larynx

  4. Tonsil


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

It is the voice-box or sound producing organ located in the neck region.

Which of the following organs does/do not take part in the production of articulated speech characteristic of human beings?

  1. Tongue

  2. Lips

  3. Buccal cavity

  4. Trachea


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Trachea is a tube connecting pharynx with the lungs. It has no role in articulated speech characteristic of human beings.

What is Adam's apple?

  1. Pharynx

  2. Larynx in man

  3. Lungs of vertebrates

  4. Gills of fish


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Larynx or sound box in males is called Adam's apple.

What is the functional unit of lungs?

  1. Bronchus

  2. Alveolus

  3. Larynx

  4. Nose


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Alveolus is the tiny air sac (only 1 cell thick) in the lungs at the end of the smallest airways, where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place. This is the functional unit of lungs.

What are the branches of trachea entering into the lungs called?

  1. Bronchioles

  2. Bronchi

  3. Alveolar sacs

  4. C-shaped cartilaginous rings


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The branches of trachea entering into the lungs are called bronchi. They are further branched into secondary and tertiary bronchi, which further branch in bronchioles.

What is the respiratory organ of fishes called?

  1. Spiracles

  2. Gills

  3. Lungs

  4. Skin


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The gaseous exchange in fishes takes through gills. Gills also known as branchiae, are small portions of richly vascularised tissues, internal or external to the body and in direct contact with the surrounding water.

What is/are the reason(s) for increase in the volume of thoracic cavity?

  1. Contraction of intercostal and rib muscles

  2. Contraction of diaphragm

  3. Lowering of pressure inside the lungs

  4. Both (1) and (2)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Increase in the volume of thoracic cavity is both due to contraction of intercostal/rib muscles and diaphragm.

Which of the following organisms obtains O2 from air or water through general body surface?

  1. Mussel

  2. Paramecium

  3. Cockroach

  4. Fish


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Paramecium obtains O2 from air or water through general body surface.

What is cutaneous respiration?

  1. Respiration in which gaseous exchange takes place through moist body surface

  2. Respiration in which O2 is obtained through thin body wall to blood vessels

  3. Respiration through gills

  4. Respiration through spiracles and a system of trachea and tracheoles


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In cutaneous respiration molecular oxygen penetrates through the skin and it is collected by the blood circulation that then distributes the gas to the tissues. Carbon dioxide is also collected from the tissues by the blood and taken to the skin to be eliminated to the environment. So, there is important participation of blood in cutaneous respiration.

Which part of the nasal passage has olfactory (smell) function?

  1. Adenoid cells

  2. Ethmoturbinal region

  3. Mucus

  4. Nasal hair


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Ethmoturbinal region or schneiderian membrane detects the smell.

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