Vertebrochondral ribs attach to the seventh rib with the help of:
1. Elastic cartilage
2. Hyaline cartilage
3. Fibrous cartilage
4. White fibrous tissue
Myosin head cleaves ATP for:
1. Formation of cross bridges
2. Breaking of cross bridges
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2
Vitamin D deficiency in an adult causes the condition known as _____.
1.rickets
2. osteoporosis
3. osteomalacia
4. giantism
The number of correct statements amongst the given statements is:
I. | Cardiac muscles are striated and involuntary. |
II. | Myosin head is an active ATPase enzyme. |
III. | The neurotransmitter released at the neuromuscular junction is acetylcholine. |
IV. | White muscle fibers depend on anaerobic process for energy. |
V. | Functional unit of muscle contraction is the sarcomere. |
1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 5
In the given diagram of the human skull, the bones represented by the letters A, B, and C are respectively:
1. Sphenoid, Ethmoid and Lacrimal
2. Ethmoid, Sphenoid and Lacrimal
3. Sphenoid, Lacrimal and Ethmoid
4. Ethmoid, Lacrimal and Sphenoid
Match each item in Column I with one in Column II and choose your answer from the codes given below:
Type of joint Example
A. Hinge a. First carpo-metacarpal
B. Pivot b. Between the carpals
C. Gliding c. Atlanto-axial
D. Saddle d. Knee joint
A. B. C. D.
1. d c b a
2. c d b a
3. c b d a
4. d b a c
During skeletal muscle contraction, increase in calcium levels leads to binding of calcium to a subunit of _______ on ______ filaments and thereby removes the masking of active sites for ______.
1. Troponin, Tropomysin, Myosin
2. Calmodulin, Actin, Myosin
3. Troponin, Actin, Myosin
4. Calmodulin, Actin, Myosin
Cardiac muscles can be best defined as:
1. | Many cardiac muscle cells assemble in a branching pattern. |
2. | Single cardiac muscle fibre enclosed by connective tissue layer. |
3. | Group of multinucleated muscle fibres enclosed by connective tissue layer. |
4. | Group of unstriated muscle fibres enclosed by endocardium. |
Which of the following is required for the breaking of cross-bridge during muscle contraction?
1. ATP and Ca++
2. ADP and Ca++
3. Only Ca++
4. ATP only
Zygomatic and sphenoid bone is an example of
1. Cranial bones.
2. Cranial bone and facial bone respectively.
3. Facial bone and cranial bone respectively.
4. Facial bone.