Locomotion and Movement

Multiple Choice Questions

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Which of the following is a transparent tissue?

  • Tendon

  • Fibrous cartilage

  • Hyaline cartilage

  • All of these

C.

Hyaline cartilage

Hyaline cartilage is the most abundant kind of cartilage with no fibres and transparent matrix. It is found upon articular surfaces at joints of long bones. It helps to from the nose, larynx, trachea, bronchi and bronchial tubes leading to the lungs.


Fibrocartilage (fibrous cartilage) carries thick dense bundles of white collagen fibres in matrix. They are the strongest cartilage. They occur in joints between vertebrae and also pubic symphysis.


Tendon is a very dense, strong fibruous connective tissue made of collagen fibres. Tendon connects a skeletal muscle to a bone.

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    Spindle fibre is made up of

    • tubulin

    • humulin

    • intermediate filament

    • flagelin

    Answer

    Action potential is generated by

    • Na+

    • K+

    • Ca+

    • Cl-

    Answer

    Which of the following is important for muscle contraction and nerve impulse transmission?

    • Ca2+ ions

    • Mg2+ ions

    • Both (a) and (b)

    • Fe2+ ions

    Answer

    During strenuous excercise, glucose is converted into

    • glycogen

    • pyruvic acid

    • starch

    • lactic acid

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    Ligament is mainly made up of

    • reticulin

    • elastin

    • myosin

    • collagen

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    In rabbit, end of a long bone is connected in another by

    • tendon

    • ligaments

    • muscle

    • cartilage

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    Sigmoid notch is formed by

    • cavity formed by humerus

    • cavity formed by radius-ulna

    • cavity formed by tibia-fibula

    • cavity formed by femur

    Answer

    An acromian process is characteristically found in the

    • pelvic girdle of mammals

    • skull of frog

    • pectoral girdle of mammals

    • sperm of mammals

    Answer
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    One animal that does not perform locomotion is

    • Sycon

    • Nereis

    • Sepia

    • Euglena

    Answer
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