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  • A. give strength
  • B. Protection
  • C. Act as lever
  • D. None of These

Explanation: The tarsal bones form the ankle and rear part of the foot, helping provide support and strength during standing and movement.

Correct answer: give strength
  • A. Tidal volume
  • B. Stroke Volume
  • C. Vital Capacity
  • D. Cardiac output

Explanation: Stroke volume is the amount of blood ejected by one ventricle during a single contraction.

Correct answer: Stroke Volume
  • A. Extends Knee
  • B. Flexe Elbow
  • C. Flexe Kness
  • D. extends Elbow

Explanation: The hamstrings lie at the back of the thigh and flex the knee by drawing the lower leg backward.

Correct answer: Flexe Kness
  • A. Use of Biopsy
  • B. Use of Barometer
  • C. Use of Spectrometer
  • D. Use of CT Scan

Explanation: A biopsy removes a small tissue sample for microscopic and biochemical analysis, so it can identify muscle fibre types.

Correct answer: Use of Biopsy
  • A. Ontology
  • B. Osteology
  • C. Myology
  • D. Synovialgy

Explanation: Osteology combines osteon, meaning bone, with logy, meaning study, so it refers to the study of bones.

Correct answer: Osteology
  • A. 20
  • B. 21
  • C. 22
  • D. 23

Explanation: An adult human skull has 22 bones: 8 cranial bones and 14 facial bones.

Correct answer: 22
  • A. Muscles
  • B. Nerves
  • C. Joints
  • D. Bones

Explanation: Osteology is the branch of anatomy concerned with bones and the skeleton.

Correct answer: Bones
  • A. 120
  • B. 180
  • C. 126
  • D. 116

Explanation: The appendicular skeleton contains 126 bones: 120 bones in the limbs and 6 bones in the shoulder and pelvic girdles.

Correct answer: 126
  • A. Condyloid joint
  • B. Ball and socket joint
  • C. Saddle joint
  • D. Glidding joint

Explanation: The carpometacarpal joint at the base of the thumb is a saddle joint, allowing movement in two planes including opposition.

Correct answer: Saddle joint
  • A. Tibia
  • B. Fibula
  • C. Humerus
  • D. Femur

Explanation: The femur is the longest and strongest bone in the human body, extending from the hip to the knee.

Correct answer: Femur
  • A. Arthrology
  • B. Biology
  • C. Anthropometry
  • D. Kinesology

Explanation: Arthrology is the branch of anatomy concerned with joints and their structure.

Correct answer: Arthrology
  • A. knock knee
  • B. kyphosis
  • C. scoliosis
  • D. Lordosis

Explanation: Scoliosis is an abnormal sideways, or lateral, curvature of the spine. Kyphosis refers mainly to excessive outward curvature of the upper…

Correct answer: scoliosis
  • A. Pain in the Head
  • B. Pain in the abdomin
  • C. Pain in lower Back
  • D. All of these

Explanation: Lumbago means pain in the lower back, usually involving the lumbar region of the spine and surrounding muscles.

Correct answer: Pain in lower Back
  • A. fluxmeter
  • B. Goniometer
  • C. Dynamometer
  • D. Skinfold Caliper

Explanation: A skinfold caliper estimates subcutaneous fat thickness at selected body sites, which is then used to estimate total body fat.

Correct answer: Skinfold Caliper
  • A. cytoplasm
  • B. pancreas
  • C. protoplasm
  • D. intestine

Explanation: Calcium ions in the muscle-cell cytoplasm, specifically the sarcoplasm, help trigger actin-myosin interaction and muscle contraction.

Correct answer: cytoplasm
  • A. both a & B
  • B. Trypsin
  • C. Lipase
  • D. none of these

Explanation: Lipase breaks dietary fats into fatty acids and glycerol. Trypsin is a protease that digests proteins, so it is not the enzyme sought here.

Correct answer: Lipase
  • A. Use of spectrophotometer
  • B. All of these
  • C. use of calorimeter
  • D. Use of Biopsy

Explanation: Muscle fibre type is most directly identified by examining a tissue sample through muscle biopsy, often using histochemical or biochemical…

Correct answer: Use of Biopsy
  • A. Lordosis
  • B. Kyphosis
  • C. scoliosis
  • D. Arousal

Explanation: Lordosis is an excessive inward curve of the lumbar spine and is commonly identified as a frequent postural deformity among young girls.

Correct answer: Lordosis
  • A. Digestive system
  • B. Respiratory system
  • C. circulatory system
  • D. Pulse rate

Explanation: A wet spirometer measures lung volumes and capacities, so it is used to assess the respiratory system.

Correct answer: Respiratory system
  • A. 500
  • B. 600
  • C. 700
  • D. 800

Explanation: The human body has approximately 600 skeletal muscles, although the exact number varies depending on how small or paired muscles are…

Correct answer: 600