Biology

Body Fluids and Circulation

Question:

Name the blood component which is viscous and straw coloured fluid.

Answer:

Plasma is straw coloured, viscous fluid, slightly alkaline and aqueous solution which constitutes about 55% of the blood.

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Body Fluids and Circulation

Q 1.

Explain heart sounds.

Q 2.

Explain the consequences of a situation in which blood does not coagulate.

Q 3.

Why do we call our heart myogenic?

Q 4.

Given below are the abnormal conditions related to blood circulation. Name the disorders.
(a) Acute chest pain due to failure of 02 supply to heart muscles
(b) Increased systolic pressure

Q 5.

State the functions of the following in blood
(a) Fibrinogen
(b) Globulin
(c) Neutrophils
(d) Lymphocytes

Q 6.

Complete the missing word in the statement given below:
(a) Plasma without_______factors is called  serum.
(b) _______and monocytes are  phagocytic cells.
(c) Eosinophils are associated with  reactions.
(d)_______ions play a significant role in  clotting.
(e) One can determine the heart beat rate by  counting the number of_______in an ECG.

Q 7.

Why do we call our heart myogenic?

Q 8.

Define a cardiac cycle and the cardiac output.

Q 9.

Match Column I with Column II.
Column I                          Column II
(a) Eosinophils               (i) Coagulation
(b) RBC                            (ii) Universal recipient
(c) AB Group                  (iii) Resist infections
(d) Platelets                    (iv) Contraction of heart
(e) Systol                         (v) Gas transport

Q 10.

Why do we consider blood as a connective tissue?

Q 11.

Answer the following:
(a) Name the major formed.  Which part of heart is responsible for initiating and maintaining its rhythmic activity?  What is specific in the heart of crocodiles among reptilians?

Q 12.

Explain the advantage of the complete partition of ventricle among birds and mammals and hence leading to double circulation.

Q 13.

Describe the evolutionary change in the pattern of heart among the vertebrates.

Q 14.

Sino-atrial node is called the pacemaker of our heart. Why?

Q 15.

Briefly describe the following:
(a) Anaemia
(b) Angina pectoris
(c) Atherosclerosis
(d) Hypertension
(e) Heart failure
(f) Erythroblastosis foetalis

Q 16.

What is the significance of atrio-ventricular node and atrio-ventricular bundle in the functioning of heart?

Q 17.

Name the blood component which is viscous and straw coloured fluid.

Q 18.

Which coronary artery disease is caused due to narrowing of the lumen of arteries?

Q 19.

Describe the events in cardiac cycle. Explain “double circulation”.

Q 20.

What is the significance of hepatic portal system in the circulatory system?

Q 21.

Explain the functional significance of lymphatic system.

Q 22.

How will you interpret an electrocardiogram (ECG) in which time taken in QRS complex is higher?

Q 23.

Name the vascular connection that exists between the digestive tract and liver.

Q 24.

Write short note on the following:
(a) Hypertension
(b) Coronary Artery Disease

Q 25.

Name the components of the formed elements in the blood and mention one major function of each of them.

Q 26.

What is the importance of plasma proteins?

Q 27.

Explain Rh-incompatibility in humans.

Q 28.

What physiological circumstances lead to erythroblastosis foetalis?

Q 29.

Explain different types of blood groups and donor compatibility by making a table.

Q 30.

Define the following terms and give their location.
(a) Purkinje fibre
(b) Bundle of His

Q 31.

In the diagrammatic presentation of heart given below, mark and label, SAN, AVN, bundle of His and Purkinje fibres.
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Q 32.

What is the significance of time gap in the  passage of action potential from sino-atrial node to the ventricle?

Q 33.

The walls of ventricles are much thicker than atria. Explain.

Q 34.

What is the difference between lymph and blood?

Q 35.

Given below is the diagrammatic represen-tation of a standard ECG. Label its different peaks.

Q 36.

Draw a standard ECG and explain the different segments in it.

Q 37.

Thrombocytes are essential for coagulation of blood. Comment.

Q 38.

What is meant by double circulation? What is its significance?

Q 39.

Write the differences between:
(a) Blood and lymph
(b) Open and closed system of circulation
(c) Systole and diastole
(d) P-wave and T-wave

Q 40.

Differentiate between
(a) Blood and lymph
(b) Basophils and Eosinophils
(c) Tricuspid and bicuspid valve

Q 41.

Write the features that distinguish between the two
(a) Plasma and Serum
(b) Open and closed circulatory system
(c) Sino-atrial node and Atrio-ventricular