Question

Assertion: In jaundice, skin and mucus membrane assume yellowish colour.
Reason: Yellow pigment bilirubin imparts a pale yellow colour to blood plasma.
A. If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
B. If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C. If assertion is true but reason is false
D.If both assertion and reason are false

Answer 1

Hint: Jaundice is a condition wherein the skin, whites of the eyes and mucous films turn yellow because of an elevated level of bilirubin, a yellow-orange bile shade. Jaundice has numerous causes, including hepatitis, gallstones and tumours.

Complete answer:
Bilirubin is framed when haemoglobin (the piece of red platelets that conveys oxygen) is separated as a feature of the ordinary cycle of reusing old or harmed red platelets. Bilirubin is conveyed in the circulation system to the liver, where it ties with bile (the stomach related juice delivered by the liver). Bilirubin is then travelled through the bile channels into the stomach related parcel, so it tends to be killed from the body. Most bilirubin is dispensed with in stool, yet a modest quantity is killed in pee. If bilirubin can't be travelled through the liver and bile pipes rapidly enough, it develops in the blood and is stored in the skin. The outcome is jaundice.
If bilirubin levels are high, substances framed when bile is separated may gather, causing tingling everywhere on the body. Be that as it may, jaundice itself causes hardly any different side effects in grown-ups. Be that as it may, in babies with jaundice high bilirubin levels (hyperbilirubinemia) can cause a type of mind harm called kernicterus.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C).

Note: Jaundice in grown-ups has numerous causes. Most causes include issues and medications that harm the liver:
-Interfere with the flow of bile
-Trigger the devastation of red platelets (haemolysis), subsequently delivering more bilirubin than the liver can deal with.