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Exit through large intestine is regulated by ______

  1. Sphincter muscle

  2. Osmosis

  3. Concentration gradient

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Undigested waste is collected in large intestine and stored in rectum. It is excreted through anus. Sphincter muscle regulated the excretion of waste products from our body.

Find the odd one: 

  1. Colon

  2. Cecum

  3. Rectum

  4. Duodenum


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Residue of digested food passes into large intestine. Large intestine has three regions i.e C shaped colon, cecum and thick tubular rectum.

Which of the following controls the Peristaltic movement of
the intestine

  1. Sacral Plexus

  2. Brachia! Plexus

  3. Discoidal Plexus

  4. Auerbach's Plexus


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Auerbach 's  plexus is part of autonomic nervous system  in vertebrates lying between the two main muscular layers  of intestine and controlling its peristaltic movements .

The colour of the faeces is due to the

  1. Urochrome

  2. Stercobilin

  3. Biliverdin

  4. Bacteria


Correct Option: B

Taeniae coli are constituents of

  1. IIeum

  2. Caecum

  3. Rectum

  4. Colon


Correct Option: D

Taeniae are found in

  1. Small intestine

  2. Stomach

  3. Large Intestine

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In the wall of caecum and colon, the longitudinal muscle layer is thickened along three lines, forming the taeniae.

Main cation of extracellular fluid is

  1. Iron

  2. Potassium

  3. Calcium

  4. Sodium


Correct Option: D

Greater omentum is?

  1. Prominence in humerus

  2. Prominence in femur

  3. Fold of peritoneum suspending stomach and colon

  4. Fold of peritoneum suspending ovary


Correct Option: C

Cellulose digestion is associated with

  1. Caecum

  2. Colon

  3. Small intestine

  4. Vermiform appendix


Correct Option: A

Caecum is large for digestion of cellulose with the help of symbiotic bacteria in

  1. Man

  2. Rabbit

  3. Cat

  4. Frog


Correct Option: B