Multiple Choice Questions

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Which one of the following is not a mammalian character?

  • Presence of milk producing glands

  • Skin is unique in possessing hair

  • Presence of external ears called pinnae

  • Homodont type of dentition


D.

Homodont type of dentition

Mammals have heterodont type of dentition i.e, teeth are of different types.


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An example of stretch reflex triggered by passive muscle movement is the

  • tendon reflex

  • ipsilateral reflex

  • flexor reflex

  • patellar reflex


Achondroplasia is a disease related with the defect in the formation of

  • membrane

  • cartilage

  • mucosa

  • none of these


The thin filaments of a muscle fibre are made up of

  • actin, troponin, tropomyosin

  • actin, troponin

  • myosin, troponin

  • actin, tropomyosin


Select the correct option regarding A, B and C.

  • A-Tropomyosin-runs close to F-actin throughout its length

  • B-Troponin-complex protein distributed at regular interval of tropomyosin

  • C-F actin-polymer of monomeric G-actin helically bound to each other

  • None of these


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Total number of bones in the hind limb of a man is

  • 21

  • 23

  • 27

  • 30


Which of the following is a transparent tissue

  • Tendon

  • Hyaline cartilage

  • Fibrous cartilage

  • All of these


Assertion: On stimulation, a muscle cell releases calcium ions (Ca2+) from sarcoplasmic
reticulum.

Reason: By reacting with a protein complex, Ca uncover active sites on the actin filaments

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If assertion is true but reason is false.

  • If both assertion and reason are false.


Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?

  • Cartilaginous joint - Skull bones

  • Hinge joint - Between vertebrae

  • Fibrous joint - Between phalanges

  • Gliding joint - Between zygapophyses of the successive vertebrae


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The H-zone in the skeletal muscle fibre is due to

  • the central gap between actin filaments extending through myosin filaments in the A-band

  • extension of myosin filaments in the central portion ofthe A-band

  • the absence of myofibrils in the central portion of A-band

  • the central gap between myosin filaments in the A-band.


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