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Body Movements

Test your knowledge of body movements, skeletal anatomy, and how different organisms move. Covers bones, joints, cartilage, and movement mechanisms in humans and animals.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is known as lower part of vertebral column?

  1. Cervical vertebrae
  2. Caudal vertebrae
  3. Sacral vertebrae
  4. Thoracic vertebrae
  5. Lumbar vertebrae
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Ulna : Radius : : _____ : Tibia

  1. Femur
  2. Scapula
  3. Fibula
  4. Patella
  5. Humerus
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following organisms moves with the help of muscular foot?

  1. Earthworm
  2. Snail
  3. Cockroach
  4. Snake
  5. Fish
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is not correct for cartilage?

  1. It gives flexible shape to our ears and nose.
  2. It reduces the friction between two bones.
  3. It allows the ends of two bones to move easily over each other.
  4. It makes the backbone flexible so that it can bend.
  5. It gives bony framework to the body.
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Lower animals are called invertebrates because _____________.

  1. they do not have fixed shape
  2. they are unicellular organisms
  3. they do not have backbone
  4. they are found in all kinds of habitats
  5. they are saprophytes
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following animals can walk, climb and fly?

  1. Monkey
  2. Sparrow
  3. Cockroach
  4. Earthworm
  5. Snail
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following are considered as appendicular skeleton?

  1. Skull, girdles and vertebral column
  2. Girdles and bones of arms and legs
  3. Vertebral column, bones of arms, legs and chest
  4. Skull and bones of arms and legs
  5. Bones of arms and legs and chest bones
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one is the longest bone of human body?

  1. Fibula
  2. Radius
  3. Ulna
  4. Femur
  5. Carpal
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following and choose a correct option.
Column A Column B
(a) Sternum i. The lower jaw
(b) Scapula ii. Knee cap
(c) Patella iii. Breast bone
(d) Mandible iv. Shoulder blade

  1. (a) - ii, (b) - iv, (c) - iii, (d) - i
  2. (a) - iv, (b) - iii, (c) - ii, (d) - i
  3. (a) - iii, (b) - iv, (c) - ii, (d) - i
  4. (a) - i, (b) - ii, (c) - iii, (d) - iv
  5. (a) - iii, (b) - iv, (c) - i, (d) - ii
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Fishes balance themselves during their movement with the help of _____________.

  1. pectoral and pelvic fins
  2. pelvic and dorsal fins
  3. pectoral and anal fins
  4. dorsal and anal fins
  5. pectoral and dorsal fins
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the incorrect reason for the movement of animals from one place to another?

(a) In search of food and shelter
(b) To protect themselves from adverse climatic conditions
(c) To protect themselves against their enemies
(d) To respire and assimilate the food
(e) To find suitable partners for reproduction

  1. Only (a)
  2. Only (b)
  3. Only (c)
  4. Only (d)
  5. Only (e)
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a function of backbone?

  1. It provides main support to the body.
  2. It supports the head at its top.
  3. It protects the spinal cord.
  4. It protects the sense organs of the body.
  5. It attaches shoulder bones, ribs and hip bones.
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If paramecium is to cilia, what is for amoeba?

  1. Pseudopodia
  2. Appendages
  3. Hind limbs
  4. Webbed feet
  5. Suckers
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the odd one out.

  1. Femur
  2. Tibia
  3. Fibula
  4. Patella
  5. Carpal
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What are ligaments?

  1. Non-elastic tissues attaching muscles to the bones
  2. Joints which allow the movement of the body in any direction
  3. Elastic strands joining two bones
  4. Soft and flexible bones of organs like ear and nose
  5. Joints, which allow rotation around an axis
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