All the following statements regarding coagulation of blood are correct except:
1. Prothrombinase catalyzes the breakdown of prothrombin to thrombin.
2. Thrombin catalyzes the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin.
3. Antithrombin inactivates thrombin.
4. Heparin causes fibrinolysis.

Subtopic:  Blood: Blood Clotting |

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What is true regarding blood transfusion and compatibility?
1. A-negative blood can probably be safely donated to a person with A-positive blood.
2. Antibodies against the Rh antigen do not develop unless an Rh-positive person is exposed to Rh-negative blood.
3. The largest percentage of people in India are Rh-negative.
4. Rh-negative mothers cannot have an Rh-positive baby.

Subtopic:  Blood: Blood Group (A,B,O) | Blood: Blood Group |

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RhoGAM injection [one brand of Rh immunoglobulin] is given to Rh-negative mothers to:
1. initiate the synthesis of anti-Rh antibodies in the mother.
2. initiate anti-Rh antibody production in the fetus.
3. prevent the mother from producing anti-Rh antibodies.
4. prevent the fetus from producing anti-Rh antibodies.

Subtopic:  Blood: Blood Group |
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A deficiency of plasma proteins would lead to all of the following except:
1. reduced ability to transport iron
2. reduced ability to transport oxygen
3. reduced ability to clot
4. reduced ability to transport molecules such as lipids

Subtopic:  Blood: General Description & RBC |

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Identify the group in which the formed elements of the human blood are arranged in order of increasing size:
1. red blood cell, neutrophil, platelet
2. platelet, red blood cell, neutrophil
3. neutrophil, platelet, red blood cell
4. platelet, neutrophil, red blood cell

Subtopic:  Blood: General Description & RBC |

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An Rh + woman is pregnant with an Rh- fetus. The consequences can be:
1. There is usually no risk during the first pregnancy, but it can harm the fetus during a subsequent pregnancy if the mother is not treated.
2. It always poses a serious risk to the fetus, even in the first pregnancy.
3. Only in rare cases is there a risk to the fetus during the first pregnancy.
4. There is no risk to the fetus when a woman who is Rh+ carries an Rh- fetus.

Subtopic:  Blood: Blood Group |
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In which one of the following pairs the two items mean one and the same thing?
1. Malleus - anvil
2. SA node - pacemaker
3. Leucocytes - lymphocytes
4. Haemophilia - blood cancer

Subtopic:  Human Heart: Gross Anatomy | Rhythmic Excitation of Human Heart: Part 1 |
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Which one of the following is a matching pair?
1. Lubb-sharp closure of AV valves at the beginning of ventricular systole
2. Dup-Sudden opening of semilunar valves at the beginning of ventricular diastole
3. Pulsation of the radial artery-valves in the blood vessels
4. Initiation of the heart beat - Purkinje fibers

Subtopic:  Human Heart: Gross Anatomy | Human Heart: Cardiac Cycle |
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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R): 
 

Assertion (A): When the ventricles are in systole, the atria are in diastole.
Reason (R): All four chambers of the heart can never be in systole or diastole together.


In the light of the above statements choose the correct answer from the options given below:
 

1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is true but (R) is false.
4. Both (A) and (R) are false.
Subtopic:  Human Heart: Cardiac Cycle |
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A person with which of the following blood groups can receive blood from a donor of only his/her own blood group?

1. O 2. A
3. B 4. AB
Subtopic:  Blood: Blood Group (A,B,O) |
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