Biology miscellaneous
- Leptospirosis is a disease caused by
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Leptospirosis is a bacterial diseasecaused by corkscrew-shaped bacteria called Leptospira. Signs and symptoms can range from none to mild such as headaches, muscle pains, and fevers; to severe with bleeding from the lungs or meningitis. If the infection causes the person to turn yellow, have kidney failure and bleeding, it is then known as Weil’s disease.
Correct Option: D
Leptospirosis is a bacterial diseasecaused by corkscrew-shaped bacteria called Leptospira. Signs and symptoms can range from none to mild such as headaches, muscle pains, and fevers; to severe with bleeding from the lungs or meningitis. If the infection causes the person to turn yellow, have kidney failure and bleeding, it is then known as Weil’s disease.
- Webbed neck is a characteristic of
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A webbed neck, or pterygium colli deformity, is a congenital skin fold that runs along the sides of the neck down to the shoulders.It is a feature of Turner syndrome and Noonan syndrome, as well as the rarer Klippel-Feil syndrome. Turner Syndrome (TS) is a condition in which a female is partly or completely missing an X chromosome.
Correct Option: B
A webbed neck, or pterygium colli deformity, is a congenital skin fold that runs along the sides of the neck down to the shoulders.It is a feature of Turner syndrome and Noonan syndrome, as well as the rarer Klippel-Feil syndrome. Turner Syndrome (TS) is a condition in which a female is partly or completely missing an X chromosome.
- Which of the following is an emergency hormone in humans?
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Adrenaline is known as the emergency hormone because it is released by the adrenal glands under the conditions of stress or excitement. It is also a part of the body’s stress response called the fight or flight response. Adrenaline performs various functions in the body such as :
Increasing the supply of oxygen and glucose to muscles and brain;
Increasing the heart rate and the amount of blood pumped by heart per beat;
Dilating the air passages and constricts the blood vessels.Correct Option: C
Adrenaline is known as the emergency hormone because it is released by the adrenal glands under the conditions of stress or excitement. It is also a part of the body’s stress response called the fight or flight response. Adrenaline performs various functions in the body such as :
Increasing the supply of oxygen and glucose to muscles and brain;
Increasing the heart rate and the amount of blood pumped by heart per beat;
Dilating the air passages and constricts the blood vessels.
- Which cell disorder in our body is responsible for colour blindness?
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Colour vision deficiency, commonly called colour blindness, results from a malfunction or absence of cone cells in the retina.Cone cellsare one of three types of photoreceptor cells in the retina of the human eye that are responsible for colour vision and function best in relatively bright light. Colour blindness can occur when one or more of the colour cone cells are absent, nonfunctioning, or detect a different colour than normal.
Correct Option: C
Colour vision deficiency, commonly called colour blindness, results from a malfunction or absence of cone cells in the retina.Cone cellsare one of three types of photoreceptor cells in the retina of the human eye that are responsible for colour vision and function best in relatively bright light. Colour blindness can occur when one or more of the colour cone cells are absent, nonfunctioning, or detect a different colour than normal.
- ‘Mission Indradhanush’ Campaign in India is associated with :
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Mission Indradhanush is a government of India initiative to ensure full immunization of all children in India.It aims to immunize all children under the age of 2 years, as well as all pregnant women, against seven vaccine preventable diseases of diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, measles and Hepatitis B.
Correct Option: D
Mission Indradhanush is a government of India initiative to ensure full immunization of all children in India.It aims to immunize all children under the age of 2 years, as well as all pregnant women, against seven vaccine preventable diseases of diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, measles and Hepatitis B.