Multiple Choice Questions

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Ball and socket joints can be seen in

  • wrist 

  • fingers

  • neck

  • shoulders


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shoulders

Ball-and-socket joint, also called spheroidal joint, in vertebrate anatomy, a joint in which the rounded surface of a bone moves within a depression on another bone, allowing greater freedom of movement than any other kind of joint.

Ball and socket joints are found in shoulder joint (humerus in glenoid cavity) and hip joint (femur in acetabulum).


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Assertion: Eukaryotic cells have the ability to adopt a variety of shapes and carry out directed movements.

Reason: There are three principal types of protein filaments - microfilaments, microtubules and intermediate filaments, which constitute the cytoskeleton.

  • 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 one of the following is a sesamoid bone?

  • Pelvis

  • Patella

  • Pterygoid

  • Pectoral girdle


During muscle contraction

  • size of 'A' bands remain same

  • size of 'H' zone becomes smaller

  • size of 'I' band decreases

  • diameter of fibre increases


The main difference between white and yellow fibres is of

  • protein

  • colour of fibres

  • both (a) and (b)

  • none of the above


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Metha Jahar which is useful in rheumatism is obtained from

  • Aconitum napellus

  • Colchicum

  • Exogonium

  • Licorice


Which ribs show 'bucket-handle' type of movement?

  • Rib no. 1-2

  • Rib no. 3-5

  • Rib no. 6-10

  • Rib no. 11-12


Short Answer Type

State two differences between red and white muscles.


Multiple Choice Questions

Osteomalacia is a disease caused by the deficiency of

  • calciferol

  • tocopherol

  • retinol

  • phylloquinone


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Collagen is a

  • phosphoprotein

  • globulin

  • derived protein

  • scleroprotein


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