Each haemoglobin molecule binds to four oxygen molecules. Around 97% of oxygen is transported as oxyhaemoglobin through RBCs. Also Check:... View Article
Oxytocin and vasopressin or ADH are the two hormones that are produced by the hypothalamus but secreted by the posterior pituitary. Oxytocin... View Article
Enzymes that hydrolyse peptide bonds present in proteins are called proteases. Enzymes that break down proteins in the food are pepsin, trypsin,... View Article
No, enterokinase is not present in pancreatic juice. It is secreted by the intestinal mucosa. It activates trypsinogen to trypsin, present in the... View Article
GnRH refers to gonadotropin-releasing hormones produced by the hypothalamus. It stimulates the synthesis and production of gonadotropins (LH and... View Article
The main hormones responsible for glycogenolysis are glucagon and catecholamines. Glycogenolysis is the breakdown of glycogen to glucose.... View Article
Glycogenesis is the process of the synthesis of glycogen from glucose. Glycogen is the primary energy reserve in animals. When glucose is present... View Article
As the name suggests, oxyhaemoglobin is the oxygen bound to haemoglobin and carbamino-haemoglobin is the haemoglobin bound to CO2. Around 20-25%... View Article
Oxyhaemoglobin is the haemoglobin bound to oxygen and oxygen is transported in this form to tissues from the lungs. The binding of oxygen to... View Article
The four neurons conducting visual impulses to the visual cortex are - Bipolar neurons - connects the cones and rods to the ganglion cells... View Article
The optic tract arises from optic chiasma passing posterolaterally through the cerebral peduncle. Each tract has Fibres emerging from the... View Article
The unmyelinated axons of ganglion cells accumulate at the optic disk, exiting the eye as the optic nerve. It pierces the sclera in regions known... View Article
The olfactory tract is a narrowband of white matter running from the posterior end of the olfactory bulb under the inferior surface of the... View Article
Neural tube defect or NTDs are of two types - Open - these are more common and often involves the whole CNS with the neural tissues that are... View Article
The prosencephalon comprises two parts - The primitive cerebral hemispheres making up the telencephalon The diencephalon is distinguished by... View Article
The Alar plate has 4 groups of sensory relay nuclei - General visceral afferent group - receives interoceptive information from heart and... View Article
Due to the continuous addition of neuroblasts to the mantle layer, each side of the neural tube exhibits a dorsal and ventral thickening. The... View Article
Cells found at the lateral border or at the crest of the neuroectoderm start dissociating from their neighbours when the neural folds fuse and... View Article