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CBSEENBI11002985

The layer of cells that secrete enamel of the tooth is

  • Dentoblast

  • Ameloblast

  • Osteoblast

  • Odontoblast

Solution

D.

Odontoblast

The pulp cavity contains a mass of dense but soft connective tissue which is called pulp. A single layer of odontoblast cells lines the pulp cavity. These cells secrete enamel, which is a bluish-white shiny translucent and the hardest substance of the body.

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CBSEENBI11002986

The exchange of gases in the alveoli of the lungs takes place by

  • Osmosis

  • Simple diffusion

  • Passive transport

  • Active transport

Solution

B.

Simple diffusion

Oxygen diffuses from alveoli to deoxygenated blood, and carbon dioxide diffuses from deoxygenated blood to alveoli by simple diffusion. Diffusion is defined as, the flow of the substance (gases) from a region of their higher concentration to a region of lower concentration.

Question
CBSEENBI11002987

Carbon monoxide is a pollutant because it

  • Reacts with oxygen

  • Inhibits glycolysis

  • Reacts with haemoglobin

  • Makes nervous system inactive

Solution

C.

Reacts with haemoglobin

Carbon monoxide, when inhaled, combines with blood haemoglobin to form carboxyhaemoglobin at a rate 210 times faster than the rate of oxygen forms oxyhaemoglobin. Thus, respiration is impaired.

Question
CBSEENBI11002988

Calcitonin is a thyroid hormone which

  • Elevates potassium level in the blood

  • Lowers calcium level in a blood

  • Elevates calcium level in the blood

  • Has no effect on calcium

Solution

B.

Lowers calcium level in a blood

Calcitonin is a polypeptide hormone which lowers calcium and phosphate levels of plasma by inhibiting bone degradation and stimulating their uptake by bone. Parathyroid hormone elevates calcium level in blood.

Question
CBSEENBI11002989

A condition of failure of kidney to form urine is called

  • Deamination

  • Entropy

  • Anuria

  • None of these

Solution

C.

Anuria

The terms anuria, oligonuria, polynuria and dysuria are used for the absence of urine, scanty urine, large amounts of urine, and painful urination respectively. Deamination is the removal of amino (NH) group frequently from an amino acid by transaminase enzymes.