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Which of the following statements is not correct with respect to the epithelial tissue?
1. It covers the external surface of the body and internal surface of many organs.
2. The neighbouring cells are held together by cell junctions and there is very little extra cellular material.
3. The epithelial cells rest on a cellular basement membrane that separates it from underlaying connective tissue.
4. There is no blood vessel supplying the nutrients to the epithelial cells.

The cells that release heparin and histamines in the blood are:
1. Basophils
2. Mast cells
3. Eosinophils
4. Neutrophils

Identify the incorrect statement:
1. In both male and female cockroach, 8^th and 9^th tergites are mostly covered by the 7^th
2. Ventrally, the abdomen in cockroach has only 9 sternites  in males and 7 in females
3. In female cockroach, the 7^th sternite along with 8^th and 9^th forms gynatrium
4. the anterior most part of the gynatrium is called the oothecal chamber
 

Which of the following features is not present in Periplaneta americana?
(1) Indeterminate and radial cleavage during embryonic development
(2) Exoskeleton composed of N-acetylglucosamine
(3) Metamerically segmented body
(4) Schizocoelom as body cavity

Which one of the following animals has two separate circulatory pathways?
1. Frog
2. Lizard
3. Whale
4. Shark

Areolar connective tissue joins :
(1) fat body with muscles
(2) integument with muscles
(3) bones with muscles
(4) bones with bones

Pseudostratified columnar epithelium with stereocilia are located in
(1) Trachea
(2) Vas Deferens
(3) Epididymis
(4) Endometrium

Epithelial cells are connected to basement membrane by
(1) Tight junctions
(2) Adherens Junctions
(3) Desmosomes
(4) Hemidesmosomes

Apart from the hematopoietic cells, bone marrow is largely composed of
(1) areolar tissue
(2) adipose tissue
(3) white fibrous tissue
(4) epithelium

Smooth muscles do not contain
(1) Actin
(2) Myosin
(3) Cytoplasmic reticulum
(4) Troponin

Which of the following are the three basic components of all type of connective tissue except blood?
(1) Cells, fibres and ground substances
(2) Fibroblast, reticular fibres and collagen
(3) Mast cells, lymphocytes and adipocyte
(4) Arteries, veins and capillaries

Which among the following difference is incorrect between bone and cartilage ?

Which mouth part of cockroach has grinding and incising part ?
(1) Mandible
(2) Labium
(3) Mandible and maxilla
(4) Hypopharynx

Vestibulum is a part of

Assertion    :       Haemoglobin is said to be a conjugated protein.
Reason      :       It is composed of a protein called haem and a non protein iron porphyrin complex called globin.

Assertion   :       Thrombin is necessary to initiate blood coagulation.
Reason      :       Thrombin helps in the formation of thromboplastins.

Assertion   :       Simple epithelium covers surfaces exposed to mechanical or chemical abrasions.
Reason      :       Protection of underlying tissues is the major function of simple epithelium.

Assertion   :    Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium is present in the inner lining of trachea.
Reason      :    Ciliary movements propel the mucus & foreign particles towards the larynx.