Biology ยท General Awareness
Muscle Biology
798 Questions
Muscle biology covers the structures, functions, and contraction mechanisms of skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscles. Test questions target filaments, stimuli, and specific muscle roles. A clear understanding helps secure marks in biology sections.
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Muscle Biology Questions
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Heart
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Abdominal
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Intercostal
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Smooth
D
Correct answer
Explanation
Smooth muscles are involuntary, non-striated muscles found in the walls of internal organs (viscera) like the stomach, intestines, and blood vessels.
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kidney
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biceps
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cardiac
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skeletal
C
Correct answer
Explanation
The three main types of muscular tissue are skeletal (striated), smooth (unstriated), and cardiac (found specifically in the heart).
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Hand
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Skeletal
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Head
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Peristaltic
D
Correct answer
Explanation
Peristalsis is the involuntary, rhythmic contraction and relaxation of muscles in the digestive tract that moves food along.
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intercostal
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voluntary
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involuntary
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cardiac
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Striated muscles are attached to the skeleton and are under conscious control, which is why they are called voluntary muscles. Cardiac muscles are striated but involuntary, and smooth muscles are non-striated.
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If only conclusion I follows.
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If only conclusion II follows.
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If conclusions I and II both follow.
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If neither I nor II follows.
B
Correct answer
Explanation
The second conclusion is what is hinted at by the statement. Hence, Option 2 is correct.
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Skeletal muscles
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Smooth muscles
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Cardiac muscles
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Striated muscles
B
Correct answer
Explanation
The correct answer is smooth muscles.
Muscle tissue contracts without conscious control, having the form of thin layers or sheets made up of spindle-shaped, unstriated cells with single nuclei, and found in the walls of the internal organs, such as the stomach, intestine, bladder, and blood vessels, excluding the heart.
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Smooth muscle
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Non-striated muscle
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Visceral muscle
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Striated muscle
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Cardiac muscle
D
Correct answer
Explanation
Striated muscle has multinucleated muscle fibre.
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Nodes of Ranvier occur in non-myelinated nerve fibre.
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Hyaline cartilage stores fat.
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Collagen is associated with clotting of blood.
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Single unit smooth muscle contracts rhythmically.
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Ligament connects bone with muscle.
D
Correct answer
Explanation
Single unit smooth muscle contracts rhythmically. This statement is correct.
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Smooth muscle
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Non-striated muscle
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Cardiac muscle
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Striated muscle
D
Correct answer
Explanation
Striated muscle has multinucleated muscle fibre.
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sartorius
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gluteus
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stapedius
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masseter
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Muscular movement - ATP
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Heart - pacemaker
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Monocyte - haemoglobin
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Nerve impulse - acetylcholine
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C
Correct answer
Explanation
Monocyte is a large phagocytic white blood cell with a simple oval nucleus and clear, greyish cytoplasm. It is not concerned with haemoglobin.
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Ectoderm
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Endoderm
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Mesoderm
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Both 1 and 3
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C
Correct answer
Explanation
Mesoderm, the middle layer, forms the skeletal muscles in a vertebrate. Middle germ layer forms connective tissues and muscle throughout the body.
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leg
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thigh
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uterus of a pregnant woman
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urethra
C
Correct answer
Explanation
Smooth muscles make up the walls of the intestine, uterus, blood vessels and internal muscles of the eye. Largest smooth muscle is present in the uterus of pregnant women.
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heart and circulation
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malpighian tubules and excretion
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trachea and respiration
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None of the above
A
Correct answer
Explanation
The alary muscles, so named because of their general wing or delta shape in many insects, lie immediately on top of the dorsal diaphragm. Each chamber has a pair of alary muscles which expand and contract to facilitate the flow of haemolymph through the heart.
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Spindle-shaped, unbranched, unstriated, uninucleated and involuntary
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Spindle-shaped, unbranched, unstriated, multinucleated and involuntary
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Cylindrical, unbranched, unstriated, multinucleated and voluntary
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Cylindrical, branched, striated, multinucleated and voluntary