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1. The movement which results in a change of place or location

is known as 12. Muscle forms __________ of adult human body.
(a) Contraction (b) Adduction (a) 30−40% (b) 40−50%
(c) Abduction (d) Locomotion (c) 50−60% (d) 60−70%

2. Select the correct matching: 13. Muscles are characterized by

Column I Column II Column III (a) Excitability and contractility (b) Extensibility
A. Paramecium – 1. Cilia – X. (c) Elasticity (d) All of these
Movement of food through cytopharynx
and locomotion. 14. Muscles can be classified on which of the following criterion?
B. Hydra – 2. Tentacles – Y. (a) Location (b) Appearance
Capturing of prey and for locomotion. (c) Nature of regulation of their activities (d) All of these
C. Human – 3. Limbs – Z. Changes
in body posture and for 15. How many types of muscles can be identified depending upon
locomotion. the location?
(a) A−1−X, B−2−Y, C−3−Z (b) A−1−Z, B−3−X, C−2−Y (a) 1 (b) 2
(c) A−3−Z, B−1−X, C−2−Y (d) A−2−Y, B−3−X, C−1−Z (c) 3 (d) 4

3. Select the incorrect statement? 16. Which of the following is incorrect about skeletal muscles?
(a) Plant and animal both exhibit movement. (a) Striped appearance under microscope hence called striated
(b) All locomotion are movement but all movement are not muscle.
locomotion. (b) They are voluntary muscles.
(c) Methods of locomotion performed by animals with their (c) Primarily involved in locomotory actions and changes the body
habitats and the demand of the postures.
situation. (d) They are Involuntary muscles.
(d) None of the above
17. Which of the following is incorrect about visceral muscles?
4. Locomotion is used for (a) Non-striated muscle (Smooth muscle)
(A) Search of food and shelter (b) Involuntary muscle
(B) Search for mate (c) Located in inner walls of hollow visceral organs of the body
(C) Search for suitable breeding ground (d) They are under in voluntary control
(D) Escaping from enemies/Predators
(a) All except B (b) All except C 18. Smooth muscles help in
(c) All except D (d) All of these (a) Transportation of food through the digestive tract
(b) Transfer of gametes through genital tract
5. Which is the movement exhibited by the cell of a human (c) Micturition by urinary bladder
body? (d) All the above
(a) Amoeboid (b) Ciliary
(c) Fagellar (d) All of these 19. Cardiac muscle is characterized by
(a) Striated appearance (b) Involuntary control
6. Which of the following cells exhibit amoeboid movement? (c) Branching pattern (d) All of these
(a) Macrophages (b) Leucocytes
(c) RBC (d) Both (a) and (b) 20. Which muscle is not under direct control of nervous system?
(a) Skeletal (Striated muscles) (b) Smooth (Non-
7. Which of the following is correct about pseudopodia? striated muscles)
(a) Formed by streaming of protoplasm (c) Cardiac muscles (d) All of these
(b) Formed in amoeba and neutrophile
(c) Both (a) and (b) 21. Muscle fibre is a
(d) None of these (a) Anatomical unit of muscle (b) Physiological unit of
muscle
8. Which of the following is involved in amoeboid movement? (c) Biochemical unit of muscle (d) None of these
(a) Centriole (b) Cilia
(c) Flagella (d) Microfilament 22. Identify A, B, C and D in the given figure.

9. Which of the following organs is lined with cilia?

(a) Fallopian tube (b) Trachea
(c) Intestine (d) Both (a) and (b)

10. Locomotion requires a perfect coordinated activity of

(a) Muscular system (b) Skeletal system
(c) Neural system (d) All of these

11. Muscle is derived from

(a) Mesoderm (b) Ectoderm (a) A–Sarcolemma, B–Blood capillary, C–Fascicle (muscle
(c) Endoderm (d) All of these bundle), D–Muscle fibre (muscle
cell)
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(b) A–Blood capillary, B–Muscle fibre (muscle cell), C–Fascicle

(muscle bundle), 35. Myofibrils show alternate dark and light bands in
D–Sarcolemma (a) Cardiac muscles (b) Smooth muscles
(c) A–Sacrolemma, B–Muscle fibre (muscle cell), C–Fesicle (c) Skeletal muscles (d) Both (a) and (c)
(muscle bundle), D–Blood
capillary 36. Select the correct statement:
(d) A–Muscle fibre (muscle cell), B–Sarcolemma, C–Blood (a) A-band is made up of thick myosin filament.
capillary, D–Fascicle (muscle (b) H-zone is present in the middle of A-band.
bundles) (c) Actin and myosin are polymerized protein with contractility.
(d) All the above
23. Each organized skeletal muscle in our body is made up of a
number of muscle bundles or 37. Match the columns:
fascicles held together by a common collagenous connective Column I Column II
tissue layer called (A) Inflammation of joints – (1) H-zone
(a) Tunicine (b) Fascia (B) Protein of thick filament – (2) Myosin
(c) Pellicle (d) Capsule (C) Protein of thin filament – (3) Actin
(D) The central part of thick filament is not – (4) Arthritis
24. Select the correct matching from the following: overlapped by thin filament
(a) Plasma membrane of muscle fibres – (a) A–1, B–2, C–3, D–4 (b) A–1, B–3, C–2, D–4
Sarcolemma (c) A–4, B–1, C–2, D–3 (d) A–4, B–2, C–3, D–1
(b) Cytoplasm of muscle fibres – Sarcoplasm
(c) Endoplasmic reticulum of muscle fibres – 38. Which of the following statements about the striated muscles
Sarcoplasmic reticulum is false?
(d) All the above 1. Thick filaments in the ‘A’ band are also held together in the
middle of this band by a thin
25. Sarcoplasmic reticulum is a storehouse of which ion fibrous membrane called ‘M’ line.
(a) Ca2+ (b) Na+ 2. In the centre of each ‘I’ band is an elastic fibre called ‘Z’ line
+
(c) K (d) Fe2 which bisects it.
3. The thin filaments are firmly attached to the ‘Z’ line.
26. The functional unit of the contractile system in the striped 4. This central part of thick filament, not overlapped by thin
muscle is filaments is called the ‘H’ zone.
(a) Z-band (b) A-band (a) All of these (b) Only 2
(c) Myofibril (d) Sarcomere (c) 1 and 4 only (d) None of these

27. Contraction of a muscle is caused by 39. Which of the following statements about the molecular
(a) Myosin (b) Actin arrangement of actin in myofibrils is
(c) ATP (d) Actomyosin incorrect?
1. Each actin (thin) filament is made of two ‘F’ (filamentous)
28. The dark bands (A-bands) of a skeletal muscle are known as actins helically wound to each
(a) Isotropic bands (b) Anisotropic bands other.
(c) Intercalated disc (d) Cross bridges 2. Each ‘F’ actin is a polymer of monomeric ‘G’ (Globular) actins.
3. Two filaments of another protein, tropomyosin also runs close
29. The light bands (I-bands) of a skeletal muscles are known as to the ‘F’ actins throughout
(a) Isotropic bands (b) Anisotropic bands its length.
(c) Intercalated disc (d) Cross bridges 4. A complex protein troponin is distributed at regular intervals on
the tropomyosin.
30. Ciliary muscles are found in (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 3 only
(a) Diaphragm of a mammal (b) Eyes of vertebrates (c) Only 4 (d) None of these
(c) Heart of vertebrates (d) Stomach of frog
40. Select the total number of true statements from the following.
31. Intercostal muscles are found in 1. Each myosin (thick) filament is also a polymerized protein.
(a) Fingers (b) Thoracic ribs 2. Many monomeric proteins called meromyosins constitute one
(c) Femur (d) Radius-ulna thick filament.
3. Each meromyosin has two important parts, a globular head with
32. The special contractile protein actin is found in a short arm and a tail,
(a) Thick filaments of A-bands (b) Thin filaments of I-bands the former being called the heavy meromyosin (HMM) and the
(c) Both thick and thin bands (d) Whole of myofibril latter is called the light
meromyosin (LMM).
33. Striped muscles have 4. The HMM component, i.e., the head and short arm projects
(a) One nucleus (b) Many nuclei outwards at regular distance
(c) Two nuclei (d) No nuclei and angle from each other from the surface of a polymerized
myosin filament and is
34. Contractile fibrils of muscles are called known as cross arm.
(a) Neurofibrils (b) Collagen fibres 5. The globular head is an active ATPase enzyme and has binding
(c) Myofibrils (d) Elastin sites for ATP and active
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sites for actin. (c) A single motor neuron and all the muscle fibres that it
(a) 1 (b) 2 innervates.
(c) 4 (d) 5 (d) As the neuron which carries the message from muscles to
CNS.
41. Binding of Ca2+ with _____ in the skeletal muscles and leads
to the exposure of the binding 48. Motor end plate is a
site for _____ on the filament _____. (a) Neuromuscular junction (b) Plate of motor neuron
(a) Troponin, myosin, actin (b) Troponin, actin, (c) Dendron of motor neuron (d) Gradient of protein motive
relaxin force
(c) Actin, myosin, troponin (d) Tropomyosin,
myosis, actin 49. During muscle contraction,
(a) Chemical energy is changed into electrical energy
42. Following is the figure of actin (thin) filaments. Identify A, B (b) Chemical energy is changed into mechanical energy
and C. (c) Chemical energy is changed into physical energy
(d) Mechanical energy is changed into chemical energy

50. Electron microscopic studies of the sarcomeres have revealed

that during muscle contraction
(a) A−Tropomyosin, B−Troponin, C−F actin (a) The width of A-band remains constant (b) The width of the
(b) A−Tropomyosin, B−Myosin, C−F Tropomyosin H-zone increases
(c) A−Troponin, B−Tropomyosin, C−Myosin (c) The width of I-band increases (d) The diameter of
(d) A−Troponin, B−Tropomyosin, C−F actin the fibre increases
43. 51. Put the following statement in proper order to describe
muscle contraction.
1. Signal sent by CNS via motor neuron.
2. Generation of action potential in the sarcolemma.
3. Release of Ca+2 from sarcoplasmic reticulum.
4. The neurotransmitter acetycholine released motor endplate.
The above figure is related to the myosin monomer (meromyosin). 5. Sarcomere shorterns.
Identify A to C. (a) 1 → 2 → 4 → 3 → 5 (b) 1 → 4 → 2 → 3 → 5
(a) A–head, B–cross arm, C–GTP binding sites (c) 1 → 4 → 3 → 2 → 5 (d) 5 → 4 → 3 → 2 → 1
(b) A−Cross arm, B−ATP Binding sites, C−Head
(c) A–head, B–cross arm, C–ATP binding sites 52. Go through the following diagram describing muscle
(d) A–cross arm, B–head C–ATP binding sites contraction. Identify A to E.

44. Identify A to D in the below figure.

(a) A–Actin binding sites, B–Head, C–Cross arm, D–ATP

binding sites
(b) A–Cross arm, B–Actin binding sites, C–ATP binding sites, D–
Head
(c) A–ATP binding sites, B–Head, C–Actin binding sites, D– (a) A−Sliding/Rotation, B−Actin filament, C−Myosin head,
Cross arm D−ATP
(d) A–Head, B–Cross arm, C–ATP binding sites, D–Actin binding (b) A–Myosin head, B–Sliding/Rotation, C–ATP, D–Actin
sites filament
(c) A−Sliding/Rotation, B−Myosin head, C−Actin filament,
45. Mechanism of muscle contraction is best explained by D−ATP
(a) All or no law (b) Sliding filament theory (d) A−Actin filament, B−Sliding/Rotation, C−ATP, D−Myosin
(c) Blackman’s law (d) All of these head

46. ATP provides energy for muscle contraction by allowing for 53. Which of the following muscle gets into fatigue very early?
(a) An action potential formation in the muscle cell. (a) Skeletal muscle (b) Smooth muscle
(b) Cross-bridge detachment of myosin from actin. (c) Cardiac muscle (d) All of these
(c) Cross-bridge attachment of myosin to actin.
(d) Release of Ca2+ from sarcoplasmic reticulum. 54. Relaxation of muscle is due to the
(a) Pumping of Ca+2 into sarcoplasmic cisternae
47. A motor unit is best described as (b) Presence of ATP
(a) All the nerve fibres and muscle fibres in a single muscle (c) Conformational change in troponin and masking of actin
bundle. filaments
(b) One muscle fibre and its single nerve fibre. (d) Both (a) and (c)
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55.
62. Skull is composed of
(a) Cranial bones (8) (b) Facial bones (14)
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these

63. The hard and protective outer covering of brain is known as

(a) Cranium (b) Condyle
(c) Meninges (d) All of these

64. Human body contains how many ear ossciles?

(a) 3 (b) 4
(c) 5 (d) 6

65. Human skull is

(a) Monocondylic (b) Dicondylic
(c) Tricondylic (d) Acondylic
The diagrams given above depicts three different condition of 66. Vertebral column in human body is present
sarcomeres. Identify these (a) Dorsally (b) Ventrally
conditions: (c) Laterally (d) All of these
(a) A–contracting, B–relaxed, C–maximally contracted
(b) A–relaxed, B–contracting, C–maximally contracted 67. Which of the following is true about vertebral column?
(c) A–maximally contracted, B–relaxed, C–contracting (a) Each vertebra in vertebral column has a central hollow protein
(d) A–relaxed, B–maximally contracted, C–contracting (Neural canal) through
which spinal cord pass.
56. Repeated activation of the muscles can lead to the (b) The first vertebra in vertebral column is atlas and it articulates
accumulation of _______ due to anaerobic with the occipital condyle.
breakdown of glycogen in there causing fatigue. (c) Vertebral column protects the spinal cord, supports the head
(a) ethanol (b) lactic acid and serves as the point of
(c) citric acid (d) butyric acid attachment for the ribs and musculature of the back.
(d) All the above
57. A neurotransmitter ________ generates an action potential in
the sarcolemma. 68. The bone present on ventral midline of thorax is
(a) GABA (b) Epinephrine (a) Vertebral column (b) Ribs
(c) Glycine (d) Acetyt choline (c) Scapula (d) Sternum
58. Which of the following statement is correct? 69. Which of the following is incorrect about ribs?
(a) A motor neuron along with the muscles fibres connected to it (a) Each rib is a thin and cat bone connected dorsally to the
constitute a motor unit. vertebral column and ventrally to
(b) The reaction time of the fibres can vary in different muscles. the sternum.
(c) Muscle fatigue is due to lactic acid formation due to anaerobic (b) Ribs has two articulation surfaces on its dorsal end which are
respiration. called bicephalic.
(d) All the above (c) Ventrally ribs are connected to sternum by elastic cartilage.
(d) First 7 pairs are called true ribs. The 8, 9 and 10th pair is
59. Which is not the correct difference between white and red known as false (vertebracondral)
muscle fibres? ribs and the 2 pairs (11th and 12th) are known as floating ribs.
White muscle fibre Red
muscle fibre 70. Scapula is an example of
1. Less myoglobin – 1. More (a) Long bone (b) Short bone
myglobin (c) Flat bone (d) Irregular bone
2. Number of mitochondria is less – 2. Number
of mitochondria is more 71. Number of bones in the adult human body is
3. Amount of sarcoplasmic reticulum is low – 3. Amount (a) 206 (b) 406
of sarcoplasmic reticulum is high (c) 106 (d) 306
4. Aerobic muscle – 4.
Anaerobic muscle 72. The number of bones in the skull of man is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (a) 14 (b) 28
(c) 3 (d) 4 (c) 8 (d) 22
60. Skeletal system consists of 73. Cranium of man is made up of
(a) Framework of bone (b) Few cartilages (a) 8 bones (b) 12 bones
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these (c) 16 bones (d) 14 bones
61. Cartilage has slightly pliable matrix due to 74. Vertebral column of human body is made up of
(a) Ca2+ (b) Mg2+ (a) 33 vertebrae (b) 52 vertebrae
(c) Chondroitin salts (d) Phosphorus
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(c) 45 vertebrae (d) 23 vertebrae 5. Pectoral girdles – 5. 2

6. Arms – 6. 4
75. The number of bones in the vertebral column of man is 7. Ear ossicles – 7. 6
(a) 32 (b) 26 8. Pelvic girdles – 8. 33
(c) 35 (d) 20 The correct pairing sequence is
(a) 8–3, 1–4, 6–2, 5–7 (b) 3–8, 1–4, 6–2, 7–5
76. The human vertebral formula is (c) 3–8, 1–4, 2–6, 7–5 (d) None of these
(a) C7T12L5S5Cd4 (b) C7T9L5S4Cd1
(c) C7T12L5S1Cd1 (d) C7T12L4S4Cd1 88. The number of floating ribs in human body is
(a) 6 pairs (b) 3 pairs
77. The vertebra which bears the whole weight of the skull is (c) 5 pairs (d) 2 pairs
(a) Atlas (b) Axis
(c) Cervical (d) Sacral 89. The foramen magnum, occipital condyles are found in
(a) Parietal bone (b) Ethmoid bone
78. In man, the ribs are attached to (c) Sphenoid bone (d) Occipital bone
(a) Clavicle (b) Ileum
(c) Sternum (d) Scapula 90. The acromion process articulates with the
(a) Scapula (b) Clavicle
79. In case of most of the mammals including man and Giraffe, (c) Ribs (d) Vertebral column
the numbers of cervical vertebrae
are 91. The number of lumbar vertebrae in human vertebral column
(a) 8 (b) 7 is
(c) 9 (d) 10 (a) 12 (b) 7
(c) 5 (d) 2
80. The eighth and ninth ribs are known as false ribs because
their external portions are attached to 92. How many ribs are present in human beings?
(a) xiphisternum (b) Costa of 7th rib (a) 6 pairs (b) 9 pairs
(c) They have no costa (d) They are not true ribs (c) 12 pairs (d) 15 pairs

81. Number of bones in face is 93. The cup-shaped cavity for the articulation of the head of the
(a) 12 (b) 30 femur is called
(c) 40 (d) 14 (a) Glenoid cavity (b) Acetabulum
(c) Obturator (d) Sigmoid notch
82. Axial skeleton is made up of
(a) Skull only (b) Sternum only 94. Ribs attached to sternum are
(c) Complete vertebral column (d) All of these (a) First seven pairs (b) All ten ribs
(c) First ten rib pairs (d) First five rib pairs
83. What is the right sequence of bones in the ear ossicles of a
mammal starting from the tympanum 95. Which part is indicated as A, B, C, D, and E in the given
inwards? figure?
(a) Malleus, Incus, Stapes (b) Malleus, Stapes, Incus
(c) Incus, Malleus, Stapes (d) Stapes, Incus, Malleus

84. Malleus is a part of

(a) Fore limbs of vertebrates
(b) Reproductive organs of cockroach
(c) Auditory ossicles of middle ear of human
(d) Skull of frog

85. In human beings, the thoracic basket is composed of

(a) Ribs and thoracic vertebrae
(b) Ribs and sternum (a) A–Clavicle, B–Scapula, C–Humerus, D–Radius, E–Ulna
(c) Ribs, sternum and vertebrae (b) A–Humerus, B–Clavicle, C–Ulna, D–Scapula, E–Radius
(d) Ribs, sternum and thoracic vertebrae (c) A–Ulna, B–Humerus, C–Clavicle, D–Radius, E–Scapula
(d) A–Radius, B–Ulna, C–Scapula, D–Clavicle, E–Humerus
86. The bone which is U-shaped is
(a) Frontal (b) Vomer 96. In humans, the radius and ulna are (shown in diagram of
(c) Hyoid (d) Molar question number 100.)
(a) Completely fused together
87. Match the following: (b) Completely separated
Bone Number (c) Fused in middle and separated at both the ends
1. Skull – 1. 24 (d) Separated but united at both the ends
2. Vertebrae – 2. 60
3. Ribs – 3. 22 97. A shallow depression in the scapula which receives the head
4. Sternum – 4. 1 of the upper arm bone is known
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as the
(a) Acetabulum (b) Neural arch 111.The total number of bones in the hind limb of a man is
(c) Glenoid cavity (d) None of these (a) 14 (b) 21
(c) 24 (d) 30
98. Patella, the sesamoid bone is also known as
(a) Pisiform (b) Replacing bone
(c) Knee cap (d) None of these 112.Which of the following is an example of appendicular
skeleton?
99. Humerus bone is situated in (a) Bones of skull (b) Bones of vertebral column
(a) Thigh (b) Lower arm (c) Ribs (d) Bones of fore and hind
(c) Upper arm (d) Shank limbs

100.The cup-shaped structure of pelvic girdle, the acetabulum in 113.The longest bone of human body is
man is formed by (a) Femur (thigh bones) (b) Tibia
(a) Ilium, ischium and pubis (b) Ilium, ischium (c) Patella (knee cap) (d) Humerus
and cotyloid
(c) Ilium and ischium (d) Ilium and 114.All are bones of forelimb except
cotyloid (a) Radius (b) Ulna
(c) Humerus (d) Tibia
101.The pectoral and pelvic girdles and the bones of limb form
(a) Axial skeleton (b) Appendicular skeleton 115.Carpals, metacarpals, tarsals, metatarsals are ____ and ____
(c) Visceral skeleton (d) Outer skeleton in numbers respectively
(a) 8, 5, 7, 5 (b) 8, 7, 5, 5
102.The total number of bones in your right arm is (c) 8, 5, 8, 5 (d) 8, 5, 5, 7
(a) 30 (b) 32
(c) 35 (d) 40 116.How many ankle bones are present in the human body?
(a) 7 (b) 5
103.An acromian process is characteristically found in mammals (c) 8 (d) 14
in
(a) Pelvic girdle (b) Pectoral girdle 117.Each girdle of appendicular skeleton is made up of
(c) Skull (d) Sternum (a) Two halves (b) Three halves
(c) Four halves (d) Five halves
104.Which one of the following component is the part of pectoral
girdle? 118.Each of the pectoral girdle consists of
(a) Acetabulum (b) Hilum (a) Clavicle (b) Scapula
(c) Sternum (d) Glenoid cavity (c) Humerus (d) Both (a) and (b)

105.Pelvic girdle of human consist of 119.Scapula is a large triangular and flat bone situated in the
(a) Ilium, ischium and pubis (b) Ilium, ischium dorsal part of the thorax between
and coracoid ____ to ____ ribs.
(c) Coracoid, scapula and clavicle (d) Ilium, coracoid (a) 2, 5 (b) 2, 7
and scapula (c) 2, 6 (d) 2, 8

106.Innominate or hip bone is formed by the fusion of how many 120.Which of the folowing is correct about clavicle?
bones? (a) Known as collar bone (b) Long bone
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) It has two curvatures (d) All of these
(c) 4 (d) 5
121.Scapula has slightly elevated ridge called the spine, which
107.Phallangeal formula of hand of man is projects as a flat, expanded process
(a) 1, 2, 2, 2, 2 (b) 2, 1, 1, 1, 1 known as
(c) 2, 3, 3, 3, 3 (d) 2, 3, 3, 2, 2 (a) Coracoid (b) Greater tubercle
(c) Acromion (d) Lesser tubercle
108.Appendicular skeleton includes all except
(a) Hind limb (b) Fore limb 122.Joints are lubricated by
(c) Amphicoelous vertebra (d) Pectoral and pelvic girdle (a) Epidermis (b) Dermis
(c) Tympanic membrane (d) Synovial fluid
109.Patella is associated with
(a) Elbow (b) Knee 123.Ball and socket joints can be seen in
(c) Neck (d) Wrist (a) Wrist (b) Fingers
(c) Neck (d) Shoulders
110.Which one of the cartilage helps in early birth of a child,
without damage to the pelvic girdle? 124.The knee joint in between the thigh and lower leg is a
(a) Hyaline cartilage (b) Elastic cartilage (a) Hinge joint (b) Gliding joint
(c) Calcified cartilage (d) Fibrous cartilage (c) Pivot joint (d) Fixed joint
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125.When the head of humerus fits into glenoid cavity, the joint is (c) Tetany (d) Muscular dystrophy
(a) Ball and socket joint (b) Hinge joint
(c) Pivot joint (d) Saddle joint 138.Tetany is due to
(a) low Ca2+in body fluid
126.The joint between the carpal bones and tarsal bones is (b) high Ca2+in body fluid
(a) Gliding joint (b) Ball and socket joint (c) high concentration of uric acid in boy fluid
(c) Hinge joint (d) Saddle joint (d) all

127.The joint between femur and tibio–fibula is 139.Name age-related disorder which is characterized by
(a) Hinge joint (b) Saddle joint decreased bone mass and increased
(c) Pivot joint (d) Imperfect joint chances of fractures, also decreased level of estrogen is a common
cause in it.
128.Articulation of the atlas with the axis is an example of (a) Osteoporosis (b) Gout
(a) Hinge joint (b) Ball and socket joint (c) Tetany (d) Muscular dystrophy
(c) Gliding joint (d) Pivot joint
140.Smooth muscle fibres are
129.Sutural joints are found between (a) cylindrical, unbranched, striated, multinucleate and voluntary
(a) Parietals of skull (b) Humerus and (b) spindle-shaped, unbranched, non-striated, uninucleate and
radius-ulna involuntary
(c) Glenoid cavity and pectoral girdle (d) Thumb and (c) cylindrical, unbranched, non-striated, multinucleate and
metatarsal involuntary
(d) spindle-shaped, unbranched, striated, uninucleate and
130.Synovial joints is voluntary
(a) Pivot joint (b) Hinge joint
(c) Ball and socket joint (d) All of these 141.Which one of the following pairs of structures is correctly
matched with their corrected
131. Which of the following pairs is correctly description?
matched? Structures Description
(a) Hinge joint – Between vertebrae (A) Tibia and fibula → Both form parts of
(b) Gliding joint – Between carpal and metacarpal of knee joint
thumb (B) Cartilage and cornea → No blood supply but
(c) Cartilaginous joint – between carpels it does require
(d) Fibrous joint – Flat skull bones oxygen for respiratory need
(C) Shoulder joint and elbow joint → Ball and socket type
132.Name the joint that lies between sternum and the ribs in of joint
humans? (D) Premolars and molars → 20 in all and 3
(a) Fibrous joint (b) Gliding joint rooted
(c) Cartilaginous joint (d) Angular joint (a) (A) (b) (B)
(c) (C) (d) (D)
133.The shoulder and hip are
(a) Pivot joint (b) Hinge joint 142.Which one of the following is the correct description of a
(c) Ellipsoid joint (d) Ball and socket joint certain part of a normal human
skeleton?
134.Symphysis is made up of (a) Parietal bone and the temporal bone of the skull are joined by
(a) Fibrocartilage (b) Synovial fluid fibrous joint.
(c) Elastic cartilage (d) Hyaline cartilage (b) First vertebra is axis which articulates with the occipital
condyles.
135.Inflammation of joints due to the accumulation of uric acid (c) The 9th and 10th pairs of ribs are called the floating ribs.
crystals occurs in (d) Glenoid cavity is a depression to which the thigh bone
(a) Osteoporosis (b) Gout articulates.
(c) Tetany (d) Rickets
143.The following pairs of the human skeletal parts are correctly
136.Myasthenia gravis is matched with their respective
(a) auto immune disorder affecting neuromuscular junction inclusive skeletal category and one pair is not matched. Identify
leading to fatigue, weakening and the non-matching pair.
paralysis of skeletal muscle Pair of skeletal parts Category
(b) progressive degeneration of skeletal muscle mostly due to (a) Sternum and ribs Axial skeleton
genetic disorder (b) Clavicle and glenoid cavity Pelvic girdle
(c) rapid spasms (wild contractions) in muscle due to low Ca++ in (c) Humerus and ulna Appendicular skeleton
body fluid (d) Malleus and stapes Ear ossicles
(d) inflammation of joints
144.Which one of the following pairs of chemical substances is
137.Progressive degeneration of skeletal muscle, mostly due to correctly categorized?
genetic disorder, is (a) Pepsin and prolactin - Two digestive enzymes secreted in
(a) Osteoporosis (b) Gout stomach
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(b) Troponin and myosin - Complex proteins in striated muscles (b) Actin and myosin filaments shorten and slide pass each other.
(c) Secretin and rhodopsin - Polypeptide hormones (c) Actin and myosin filaments do not shorten but rather slide pass
(d) Calcitonin and thymosin - Thyroid hormones each other.
(d) When myofilaments slide pass each other, the myosin
145.Select the correct statement regarding the specific disorder of filaments shorten while actin
muscular or skeletal system. filaments do not shorten.
(a) Muscular dystrophy: Age related shortening of muscles.
(b) Osteporosis: Decrease in bone mass and higher chances of 152.Glenoid cavity articulates
fractures with advancing age. (a) Clavicle with acromion (b) Scapula with
(c) Myasthenia gravis: Auto immune disorder which inhibits acromion
sliding of myosin filaments. (c) Clavicle with scapula (d) Humerus with
(d) Gout: Inflammation of joints due to extra deposition of scapula
calcium.
153.Which of the following joints would hallow no movement?
146.The H-zone in the skeletal muscles fibre is due to (a) Cartilaginous joint (b) Synovial joint
(a) The absence of myofibrils in the central portion of A-band. (c) Ball and socket joint (d) Fibrous joint
(b) The central gap between myosin filaments in the A-band.
(c) The central gap between actin filaments extending through 154.Which of the following is not a function of the skeletal
myosin filaments in the A-band. system?
(d) Extension of myosin filaments in the central portion of the A- (a) Storage of minerals (b) Production of body heat
band. (c) Locomotion (d) Production of erythrocytes

147.Select the correct statement with respect to locomotion in 155.Lack of relaxation between successive stimuli in sustained
humans. muscle contraction is known as:
(a) A decreased level of progesterone causes osteoporosis in old (a) Spasm (b) Fatigue
people. (c) Tetanus (d) Tonus
(b) Accumulation of uric acid crystals in joints causes their
inflammation. 156.Name the ion responsible for unmasking of active sites for
(c) The vertebral column has 10 thoracic vertebrae. myosin for cross-bridge activity
(d) The joint between adjacent vertebrae is a fibrous joint. during muscle contraction.
(a) Magnesium (b) Sodium
148.The characteristics and an example of a synovial joint in (c) Potassium (d) Calcium
humans is
Characteristics 157.Match the following and mark the correct option:
Examples Column I Column II
(a) Fluid cartilage between two bones, limited movements → (A) Fast muscle fibres (i) Myoglobin
Knee joint (B) Slow muscle fibres (ii) Lactic acid
(b) Fluid filled between two joints, provides cushion → (C) Actin filament (iii) Contractile unit
Skull bones (D) Sarcomere (iv) I-band
(c) Fluid filled synovial cavity between two bones → Options:
Joint between atlas and axis (a) A – i, B – ii, C – iv, D – iii (b) A – ii, B – i, C – iii, D – iv
(d) Lymph filled between two bones, limited movement → (c) A – ii, B – i, C – iv, D – iii (d) A – iii, B – ii, C – iv, D – i
Gliding joint between
Carpals 158.Ribs are attached to
(a) Scapula (b) Sternum
149.Select the correct matching of the type of the joint with the (c) Clavicle (d) Ilium
example in human skeletal system.
Type of joint Example 159.What is the type of movable joint present between the atlas
(a) Cartilaginous joint Between frontal and pariental and axis?
(b) Pivot joint Between third and fourth (a) Pivot (b) Saddle
cervical vertebrae (c) Hinge (d) Gliding
(c) Hinge joint Between humerus and pectoral
girdle 160.ATPase of the muscle is located in
(d) Gliding joint Between carpals (a) Actinin (b) Troponin
(c) Myosin (d) Actin
150.Stimulation of a muscle fibre by a motor neuron occurs at
(a) The neuromuscular junction 161.Intervertebral disc is found in the vertebral column of
(b) The transverse tubules (a) Birds (b) Reptiles
(c) The myofibril (c) Mammals (d) Amphibians
(d) The sacroplasmic reticulum
162.Which one of the following is showing the correct sequential
151.The sliding filament theory can be best explained as order of vertebrae in the vertebral
(a) When myofilaments slide pass each other actin filaments column of human beings?
shorten while myosin filaments (a) Cervical-Iumbar-thoracic-sacral-coccygeal
do not shorten. (b) Cervical-thoracic-sacral-Iumbar-coccygeal
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(c) Cervical-sacral-thoracic-Iurnbar-coccygeal
(d) Cervical-thoracic-Iumbar-sacral-coccygeal

163.Which one of following options is incorrect?

(a) Hinge joint – Present between humerus and pectoral
girdle
(b) Pivot joint – Present between atlas, axis and
occipital condyle
(c) Gliding joint – Present between the carpals
(d) Saddle joint – Present between carpal and metacarpal
of thumb

164.Knee joint and elbow joints are examples of

(a) Saddle joint (b) Ball and socket joint
(c) Pivot joint (d) Hinge joint

165.Macrophages and leucocytes exhibit

(a) Ciliary movement (b) Flagellar movement
(c) Amoeboid movement (d) Gliding movement

166.Which one of the following is not a disorder of bone?

(a) Arthritis (b) Osteoporosis
(c) Rickets (d) Atherosclerosis