NEET Biology Structural Organisation In Animals Question Bank Self Evaluation Test - Structural Organisation in Animals

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    The characteristic feature of pernicious anaemia is:

    A) increase in size of RBC.

    B) deficiency of haemoglobin in RBC.

    C) delay in maturation of erythroblasts.

    D) None of the above

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    [a] Perniuous anaemia is a chronic illnass, caused by impaired absorption of vitamin \[{{B}_{12}}\] needed to make enough healthy red blood cells. When there is folic acid and vit. \[{{B}_{12}}\] deficiency, the pro-erythroblasts of the bone marrow do not mature into norm oblasts, instead, they give rise to immature cells called mega oblasts which lose their nuclei and appear as large RBC, called macrocytic. In the peripheral circulation, therefore, we find RBC bigger than normal.


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