All Free Health and Physical Education MCQs with Answers

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  • A. Bone Marrow
  • B. Ligaments
  • C. Tendons
  • D. Joints

Explanation: Red blood cells are produced mainly in red bone marrow, where stem cells develop into blood cells.

Correct answer: Bone Marrow
  • A. short bones
  • B. Long bones
  • C. Muscles
  • D. Joints

Explanation: In adults, red marrow in the expanded ends of certain long bones contributes to RBC production.

Correct answer: Long bones
  • A. 50-70
  • B. 90-120
  • C. 65-80
  • D. 120-140

Explanation: A commonly quoted normal resting heart rate is about 65 to 80 beats per minute, although the accepted adult resting range is broader…

Correct answer: 65-80
  • A. Kidney
  • B. Liver
  • C. Spleen
  • D. Appendix

Explanation: The renal arteries branch from the abdominal aorta and carry oxygenated blood to the kidneys for filtration.

Correct answer: Kidney
  • A. To give strength
  • B. Work as lever
  • C. To provide base
  • D. To give Support

Explanation: Long bones provide rigid bars that muscles pull on, so they function as levers to produce movement at joints.

Correct answer: Work as lever
  • A. Heart
  • B. Stomach
  • C. Pancreas
  • D. Liver

Explanation: The pancreas is a mixed gland: its exocrine part releases digestive enzymes through a duct, while its endocrine part releases hormones…

Correct answer: Pancreas
  • A. ptyalin
  • B. Pepsin
  • C. renin
  • D. Adrenal

Explanation: Salivary glands secrete ptyalin, also called salivary amylase, which begins starch digestion in the mouth.

Correct answer: ptyalin
  • A. Special tissues
  • B. Blood platelets
  • C. Liquid tissue
  • D. Hemoglobin

Explanation: Blood is a connective tissue in liquid form, consisting of plasma and formed elements such as red cells, white cells, and platelets.

Correct answer: Liquid tissue
  • A. Mandibular
  • B. Mucoza
  • C. renin
  • D. Red Membrane

Explanation: The mucosa is the moist inner lining of the oesophagus and helps protect it as food passes through.

Correct answer: Mucoza
  • A. Lungs
  • B. Bone
  • C. Heart
  • D. Bone Marrow

Explanation: A bronchoscope is used to examine the bronchial passages and lungs. Bones, the heart, and bone marrow require different diagnostic…

Correct answer: Lungs
  • A. Spleen
  • B. Duodenums
  • C. Pancreas
  • D. Esophagus

Explanation: The pyloric end of the stomach opens into the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine.

Correct answer: Duodenums
  • A. Right
  • B. Both A & B
  • C. Left
  • D. none

Explanation: The bicuspid, or mitral, valve lies between the left atrium and left ventricle. The right side has the tricuspid valve instead.

Correct answer: Left
  • A. Heart
  • B. Nerves
  • C. Artries
  • D. Lungs

Explanation: Blood becomes oxygenated in the lungs, where oxygen crosses from the alveoli into pulmonary capillaries.

Correct answer: Lungs
  • A. Pancreas
  • B. Spleen
  • C. Heart
  • D. Liver

Explanation: Diabetes commonly develops when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or the body cannot use insulin properly.

Correct answer: Pancreas
  • A. 3
  • B. 5
  • C. 7
  • D. 9

Explanation: The heart wall has three layers: epicardium, myocardium, and endocardium.

Correct answer: 3
  • A. Hand
  • B. Shoulder
  • C. Arm
  • D. foot

Explanation: The flexor hallucis brevis, apparently intended by “Halliculusbrevis,” is an intrinsic muscle of the foot that flexes the big toe.

Correct answer: foot
  • A. short bones
  • B. Bones & cartilage
  • C. long bones only
  • D. covring of skin, hair,nails

Explanation: In humans, the skin and its keratinized structures, including hair and nails, are sometimes described as a protective exoskeletal…

Correct answer: covring of skin, hair,nails
  • A. Kyphosis
  • B. Scoliosis
  • C. Lordosis
  • D. Back pain

Explanation: A hunchback describes excessive outward curvature of the upper spine, known as kyphosis.

Correct answer: Kyphosis
  • A. concentric contraction
  • B. Ecentric contraction
  • C. Isotonic contraction
  • D. Isometric contraction

Explanation: An eccentric contraction produces force while the muscle is lengthening, such as the quadriceps controlling the lowering phase of a squat.

Correct answer: Ecentric contraction
  • A. Deltoid
  • B. Fast Twitch
  • C. Both A and B
  • D. slow Twitch

Explanation: Slow-twitch, or type I, muscle fibres produce less force but are highly resistant to fatigue, making them suited to prolonged activities.

Correct answer: slow Twitch