Above the rows of hair cells of Organ of Corti, there is a thin elastic membrane called:
1. Reissner's membrane
2. Basilar membrane
3. Tectorial membrane
4. Tympanic membrane

Receptor sites for neurotransmitters are present on
1. membrances of synaptic vesicles
2. pre-synaptic membrane
3. tips of axons
4. post-synaptic membrane

Good vision depends on adequate intake of carotene rich food.

Select the best option from the following statements.

I. Vitamin-A derivatives are formed from carotene.
II. The photopigments are embedded in the membrane discs of the inner segment.
III. Retinal is a derivative of vitamin-A.
IV. Retinal is a light absorbing part of all the visual photopigments.

(1) (I) and (II)

(2) (I), (III) and (IV)

(3) (I) and (III)

(4) (II), (III) and (IV)

Myelin sheath is produced by
(1) Schwann cells and Oligodendrocytes

(2) Astrocytes and Schwann cells

(3) Oligodendrocytes and Osteoclasts

(4) Osteoclasts and Astrocytes

Choose the correct statement.
(1) Nociceptors respond to changes in pressure

(2) Meissner's corpuscels are thermoreceptors

(3) Photoreceptors in the human eye are depolarised during darkness and become hyperpolarised in response to the stimulus 

(4) Receptors do not produce graded potentials

Photosensitive compound in human eye is made up of
1. opsin and Retinal
2. opsin and Retinol
3. transducin and Retinene
4. guanosine and Retinol

Destruction of the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord would result in loss of 

(1) sensory impulses

(2) voluntary motor impulses

(3) commissural impulses

(4) integrating impulses

In mammalian eye, the 'fovea' is the center of the visual field, where

1. high density of cones occur, but has no rods

2. the optic nerve leaves the eye

3. only rods are present

4. more rods than cones are found

Stimulation of a muscle fibre by a motor neuron occurs at

1. the neuromuscular junction

2. the transverse tubules

3. the myofibril

4. the sacroplasmic reticulum

Injury localised to the hypothalams would most likely disrupt

1. short term memory 

2. coordination during locomotion 

3. executive function, such as decision making 

4. regulation of body temperature