Bacteria can convert atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia, Several form symbiotic associations with higher plants is given below;

               HOST PLANT                                                                          N-FIXING SYMBIONTS

A) Gunnera                                                                            i) Frankia

      B) Azolla                                                                                ii) Acetobacter

C) Leguminous                                                                     iii) Azospirillum

             D) Actinorhizal                                                                      iv) Nostoc

             E) Sugarcane                                                                         v) Anabaena

             F) Miscanthus                                                                       vi) Sinorhizobium

Which of the following combination with the host plants and n-fixing symbionts is CORRECT?

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#7. System Physiology – Animal

At the end of inhalation, with an open glottis, the pleural pressure is

#Question id: 11072

#7. System Physiology – Animal

The following diagram shows pulmonary airway resistance expressed as a function of pulmonary volume. Which relationship best describes the normal lung?

#Question id: 11075

#7. System Physiology – Animal

A 65-year-old man with emphysema due to 34 years of cigarette smoking is admitted to hospital due to dyspnea. With further tests the mean pulmonary arterial pressure is determined to be 45 mm Hg at rest. He is hypoxic (PO2 = 49 mm Hg), hypercapnic (85 mm Hg), and slightly acidotic. The cardiovascular and oxygen changes are due to which of the following?

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#7. System Physiology – Animal

Which of the following will decrease pulmonary blood flow resistance?

#Question id: 11077

#7. System Physiology – Animal

A person’s normal tidal volume is 400 ml with a dead space of 100 ml. The respiratory rate is 12 breaths/min. The person is placed on ventilator for surgery and the tidal volume is 700 with a rate of 12. What is the approximate alveolar Pco2 for this person?

#Question id: 11079

#7. System Physiology – Animal

The diffusing capacity of a gas is the volume of gas that will diffuse through a membrane each minute for a pressure difference of 1 mm Hg. Which of the following gases is often used to estimate the oxygen diffusing capacity of the lungs?