Strength to the bones is given by the hard and non-pliable ground substance composed of:

(1) Calcium salts and collagen fibres

(2) Calcium salts only

(3) Calcium and magnesium salts

(4) Elastin fibres

Location of the cells of the bone is:

(1) Bone marrow

(2) Matrix

(3) Lacunae

(4) Spleen

Which among the following is a weight-bearing bone ?

(1) Vertebral column

(2) Limb bones

(3) Sternum

(4) Phalanges

Myofibrils form long, cylindrical fibres whose arrangement is :

(1) Parallel

(2) Irregular

(3) Continuous

(4) Anti-parallel

Which of the following tissue is correctly matched to its location ?

Which among the following has been mismatched ?

(1) Smooth muscle tissue- wall of blood vessels

(2) Areolar tissue- beneath the skin

(3) Cartilage- between adjacent bones of vertebral column

(4) Fibroblast- lacunae

Which of the following is correct for type of muscles present in the wall of internal organs like blood vessels, stomach and intestine ?

(1) Involuntary, fusiform and non-striated

(2) Non-striated and voluntary

(3) Voluntary, multinucleate and cylindrical

(4) Uninucleate, voluntary and spindle-shaped

Which among the following is responsible for fusion of plasma membranes of cardiac cells in heart and bundles smooth muscle fibres together to form a connective tissue sheath ?

(1) Blood

(2) Cell junction

(3) Neuroglia

(4) Intercalated discs

The cells other than neurons which make up more than one-half the volume of neural tissue in our body are :

(1) Axon

(2) Liver

(3) Neuroglial cell

(4) Dendrite

The function of those cell junction in which adjacent cells are connected through cytoplasm is :

(1) Forms a barrier between two cells

(2) Prevents the leakage of substances from a particular tissue

(3) Cements neighbouring cells together

(4) Facilitate communication between adjoining cells for rapid transfer of some ions and molecules