| (a) | Congestion of lungs is one of the main symptoms of heart failure. |
| (b) | Each vein has an inner lining of cuboidal endothelium, called tunica intima. |
| (c) | The cardiac output of an athlete will be much lower than that of an ordinary man. |
| (a) | The systemic circulation provides nutrients, CO2, and other essential substances to the tissues and takes O2 and other harmful substances away for elimination. |
| (b) | Heart of both humans and cockroach is myogenic. |
| (c) | Intestinal juice along with pancreatic juice is known as succus entericus. |
| (d) | The SAN can generate the maximum number of action potentials, i.e., 70-75 min–1 |
| (a) | The volume of blood pumped out by the right and left ventricles is the same during each cardiac cycle. |
| (b) | A person whose blood group is O has both A and B antigens on his/her RBCs. |
| (c) | Blood normally contains 15,000-35,000 platelets mm-3 of blood. |
| Assertion (A): | SA node induces excitatory impulses, when blood is poured by pulmonary veins in the left ventricle. |
| Reason (R): | SA node is self excitatory. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A) |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explains (A) |
| 3. | (A) is False but (R) is True |
| 4. | Both (A) and (R) are False |