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About soft palate, all true Except:
- A. Separates nasopharynx upwards from oropharynx downwards
- B. Superior surface covered by stratified columnar
- C. Stratified squamous non-keratinized epithelium on inferior surface
- D. Contain striated muscle with strong connective tissue between muscle bundles.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The superior surface of the soft palate is covered by pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium (respiratory epithelium), not stratified columnar, due to its proximity to the nasopharynx.
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Which of the following is not a major gastrointestinal hormone?
- A. epinephrine
- B. secretin
- C. gastrin
- D. cholecystokinin
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Epinephrine is not a gastrointestinal hormone; it is primarily involved in the sympathetic nervous system.
Water absorption mainly occur in :-
- A. Buccal cavity
- B. Intestine
- C. Stomach
- D. Appendix
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The intestine, especially the large intestine, is the primary site for water absorption.
About filiform papilla all true except:
- A. Secondary papillae extend from the primary papillae. Each one has a separate epithelial cap
- B. Found on the anterior two thirds of the tongue in oblique transverse rows
- C. Less numerous than fungiform papilla
- D. No taste buds in filiform papillae, but they contain nerve endings for touch.
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Filiform papillae are the most numerous type on the tongue, not less numerous than fungiform papillae, and they lack taste buds.
Kupffer cells, one of the following is not true:
- A. May contain Hemosiderin granules
- B. Motile within liver blood sinusoids
- C. Phagocytic cells present mainly in space of Disse
- D. Form part of the liver sinusoidal wall
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Kupffer cells are phagocytic and part of the sinusoidal wall, but they are in the lumen, not the space of Disse.
Match each term with the correct description: carries urine from bladder to outside of the body
- A. urethra
- B. urinary system
- C. bladder
- D. kidneys
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The urethra carries urine from the bladder to the outside.