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Support and movement covers the axial and appendicular skeleton, bone structure, joints and the arrangement of skeletal muscles. Muscle contraction is explained through actin, myosin, sliding filaments, calcium ions and ATP, while arthritis is distinguished as a disorder of joints rather than a normal part of movement.
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- A. Myoglobin
- B. Myosin
- C. Actin
- D. Haemoglobin
Explanation: Option A, myoglobin, is a heme-containing protein found in muscles, that binds to oxygen, which it supplies to muscle tissue.
Correct answer: Myosin- A. Smooth muscles
- B. Cardiac muscles
- C. Skeletal muscles
- D. Glandular muscles
Explanation: Functionally, our body has three categories of muscles i.e. Smooth, Cardiac, and Skeletal which are then further classified as voluntary…
Correct answer: Skeletal muscles- A. Cervical
- B. Lumbar
- C. Thoracic
- D. Pelvis
Explanation: The bones of the abdomen are made up of the lumbar spine, the third region of the vertebral column, located in the lower back between the…
Correct answer: Lumbar- A. Voluntary and smooth
- B. Involuntary and smooth
- C. Voluntary and striated
- D. Involuntary and striated
- E. Smooth and striated
Explanation: Muscles attached to the bones are called skeletal muscles. Skeletal muscles are voluntary and striated.
Correct answer: Voluntary and striated- A. 22
- B. 26
- C. 24
- D. 28
Explanation: The human skull is composed of 22 bones. These bones include 14 facial bones (a pair of maxilla, mandible, vomer, nasal, a pair of…
Correct answer: 22- A. 200
- B. 300
- C. 400
- D. 500
- E. 600
Explanation: Most sources state that there are over 600 named skeletal muscles in the human body.
Correct answer: 600- A. Muscles in the front of the thigh are contracting and muscles in the back of the thigh are relaxing
- B. Muscles in the front of the lower leg are contracting and muscles in the back of the lower leg are relaxing
- C. Muscles in the back of the thigh are contracting and muscles in the front of the thigh are relaxing
- D. Muscles in the back of the lower leg are contracting and muscles in the front of the lower leg are relaxing
- E. None of the above
Explanation: In the Knee-Jerk reflex, the leg moves in forward direction (as shown below).
Correct answer: Muscles in the front of the thigh are contracting and muscles in the back of the thigh are relaxing- A. 4
- B. 3
- C. 6
- D. 5
- E. 8
Explanation: There are five metacarpal bones in the palm of the hand as shown below(marked red):
Correct answer: 5- A. Gliding joints
- B. Sliding joints
- C. Partially moveable joints
- D. Fixed joints
- E. Pivot joints
Explanation: The vertebral body joints are gliding joints, designed for weight-bearing.
Correct answer: Sliding joints- A. Protein
- B. Silica
- C. CaCO3
- D. Cuticles
Explanation: While mollusca exoskeleton does indeed contain proteins as well as calcium carbonate(CaC03) they are composed mostly of calcium carbonate…
Correct answer: CaCO3- A. Glandular muscles
- B. Cardiac muscles
- C. Skeletal muscles
- D. Smooth muscles
Explanation: The three muscle types (Cardiac, Smooth, Skeletal) can be further classified into two categories i.e. myogenic and neurogenic.
Correct answer: Cardiac muscles212. Nutritional deficiency ( vitamin D ) results in softening of the bones. This disease is called?
- A. Rickets
- B. Cleft palates
- C. Microcephaly
- D. Down's syndrome
Explanation: Rickets is a condition that results in weak or soft bones in children. Symptoms include bowed legs, stunted growth, bone pain, large…
Correct answer: Rickets- A. Elbow
- B. Skull
- C. Ankle
- D. Backbone
Explanation: Hinge Joints are a type of joint that functions much like a door hinge: allowing movement only in one plane.
Correct answer: Elbow- A. Ankle
- B. Wrist
- C. Vertebrae
- D. Elbow
- E. All of the above except vertebrae
Explanation: There are six types of freely movable joints. Namely; ball and socket joint, hinge joint, pivot joint, condyloid joint, saddle joint, and…
Correct answer: All of the above except vertebrae- A. Peristalsis
- B. Pinocytosis
- C. Porifera
- D. Protozoa
- E. Pseudopodia
Explanation: The organism moves by means of pseudopodia. That is why option E is the correct option.
Correct answer: Pseudopodia- A. Option A
- B. Option B
- C. Option C
- D. Option D
Explanation: At the elbow joint, ulna and humerus meet and the movement they cause is back and forth movement of forearm.At the shoulder joint, humerus…
Correct answer: Option D- A. Legs
- B. Brain
- C. Spinal cord
- D. Both B and C
Explanation: Option A Legs cannot be the answer as the person's nerve from spinal cord which supplies leg is affected Option B Poliomyelitis does not…
Correct answer: Spinal cord- A. Yellow fibrous connective tissue
- B. Modified white fibrous tissue
- C. Areolar tissue
- D. Adipose tissue
- E. None to them
Explanation: While fibrous tissue has two forms: cords and sheets. The white fibers run parallel to form cords, called tendons.
Correct answer: Modified white fibrous tissue- A. Skull
- B. Pelvic girdle
- C. Pectoral girdle
- D. Vertebral column
Explanation: The shoulder girdle or pectoral girdle is the set of bones in the appendicular skeleton which connects to the arm on each side.
Correct answer: Pectoral girdle- A. 5
- B. 6
- C. 7
- D. 10
Explanation: The horse has 7 cervical vertebra, with the 1st (C1) and 2nd (C2) cervical vertebrae being morphologically extremely modified for their…
Correct answer: 7