Brief about forms of cardiomyopathy.
Cardiomyopathy refers to diseases of the myocardium linked with cardiac dysfunction. It has been categorized into primary and secondary forms.... View Article
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What Is Secondary Neurulation?
When the caudal neuropore experiences final closure, the process of primary neurulation develops into secondary neurulation. The spinal cord’s cavity... View Article
What Happens During Systole?
Before systole, electrical signals travel from the AV node to the AV bundle also referred to as the bundle of... View Article
What Happens During Diastole?
The ventricles relax in the early diastole and the semilunar valves close. The atrioventricular valves open causing the ventricles to... View Article
What Do The Purkinje Fibres Connect To?
Purkinje fibres associate with the ends of the bundle branches forming an interweaving network on the endocardial surface of both... View Article
Where Do The Bundle Branches Originate From?
The origin of the bundle branches is at the higher margin of the muscle interventricular septum, just under the membranous... View Article
What Is A Bundle Of His?
The bundle of His is a structure connecting the distal portion of the compact-natured AV node, penetrating the central fibrous... View Article
How Is The Notochord Formed?
The notochord is derived during gastrulation. This structure serves as the base for the axial skeleton. The formation process starts... View Article
What Happens During Cardiac Catheterization?
In the process of cardiac catheterization, the doctor inserts a catheter gently into a vein or artery in the neck,... View Article
When Should The Cardiac Output Be Measured?
Cardiac output can go up to 5 fold its resting value if required. These alterations are usually a result of... View Article
Define Cardiac Output.
The measure of the volume of the blood the heart pumps every minute is the cardiac output (CO). It can... View Article
What Are Cysts And Tumors?
Cysts are tiny sacs filled with fluid, air or other such substances while a tumour refers to any abnormal region... View Article
How Do You Identify Limiting Factors?
Limiting factors can be identified by their ability to constrain the size of the population and cease it from growing.... View Article
What Is The Water Potential For Distilled Water?
The measure of the potential of water to do work is water potential. To be able to carry out some... View Article
How Do Plants Adapt To Check Excessive Transpiration?
Plants transpire through stomata, primarily present on the leaves. Several desert plants have tiny stomata and some stomata compared to... View Article
What is true about RBCs in humans?
A) They transport 99.5 per cent of O2 B) They carry about 20-25 per cent of CO2 C) They do... View Article
Bulk of carbon dioxide (CO2) released from body tissues into the blood is present as
A) free CO2 in blood plasma B) bicarbonate in blood plasma and RBCs C) carbamino-haemoglobin in RBCs D) 70% carbamino-haemoglobin... View Article
Approximately seventy percent of carbon dioxide absorbed by the blood will be transported to the lungs
A) in the form of dissolved gas molecules B) as bicarbonate ions C) as carbamino-haemoglobin D) by binding to R.B.C... View Article
Name the pulmonary disease in which alveolar surface area involved in gas exchange is drastically reduced due to damage in the alveolar walls.
A) Asthma B) Pneumonia C) Emphysema D) Pleurisy Answer: C) Emphysema Emphysema is a chronic disorder, wherein the respiratory surface is... View Article
Asthma may be attributed to
A) accumulation of fluid in the lungs B) inflammation of the trachea C) allergic reaction of the mast cells in... View Article
