Which of the following muscular disorders is inherited?
Muscular dystrophy
Myasthenia gravis
Botulism
Tetany
Select the correct option.
11th and 12th pairs of ribs are connected to the sternum with the help of hyaline cartilage.
Each rib is a flat thin bone and all the ribs are connected dorsally to the thoracic vertebrae and ventrally to the sternum.
There are seven pairs of vertebrosternal, three pairs of vertebrochondral and two pairs of vertebral ribs.
8th, 9th and 10th pairs of ribs articulate directly with the sternum.
Tendon and ligament are example of
dense regular connective tissue-
dense irregular connective tissue
loose connective tissue
specialised connective tissue.
A.
dense regular connective tissue-
Fibres and fibroblasts are compactly packed in the dense connective tissues. Orientation of fibres show a regular or irregular pattern and are called dense regular and dense irregular tissues. In the dense regular connective tissues, the collagen fibres are present in rows between many parallel bundles of fibres. Tendons, which attach skeletal muscles to bones and ligaments which attach one bone to another are exam pies of this tissue.