Biology · General Awareness

Skeletal and Muscular System

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The skeletal and muscular system is a core topic in human biology. It covers the structure and function of bones, joints, and muscles. These concepts frequently appear in general science sections of various competitive exams. Master this topic to score higher.

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Skeletal and Muscular System Questions

Multiple choice
  1. Hyoid bone

  2. Scapula

  3. Clavicle

  4. Femur

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This bone lies between the rib cage and the shoulder blade in the body connecting the arm to the body. It is the most commonly broken bone in the body probably due to its location just beneath the skin and the forces it is subjected to in connecting the arm to the body.

Multiple choice
  1. Scaphoid bone

  2. Lunate bone

  3. Hamate bone

  4. Ethmoid bone

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D Correct answer
Explanation

This bone is not present in the wrist but is in the skull separating the nasal cavity from the brain.

Multiple choice
  1. typical long bones

  2. miniature long bones

  3. modified long bones

  4. short bones

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

These bones frequently have modified shaft or ends and lacks medullary cavity. The most prominent examples are clavicle and body of vertebrae.

Multiple choice
  1. 206

  2. 260

  3. 306

  4. 360

  5. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

An adult human body has 206 bones. An infant may have from 300-350 bones at birth. Many of these fuse together as the infant grows. When some bones fuse and become one bone (most obvious examples are in the skull, sacrum and hip bones) the number of overall bones drops to the 206 bones that most adults have. 

Multiple choice
  1. Ovary

  2. Filament

  3. Stigma

  4. Style

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B Correct answer
Explanation

The carpel consists of three main parts: stigma (pollen reception), style (pollen tube passage), and ovary (contains ovules). The filament is part of the stamen, the male reproductive structure that holds up the anther where pollen is produced.

Multiple choice
  1. Bones of the hip region .

  2. huge prominent brow ridge.

  3. A bone spur

  4. Bone Callus

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Supra means above, orbital refers to the eyes, and a torus is a projecting bony bar or ridge. A supraorbital torus is a ridge on the frontal bone above the eye socket.

Multiple choice
  1. Fibrous joint : Between phalanges

  2. Cartilaginous joint : Skull bones

  3. Gliding joint : Between zyga pophyses of the successive vertebrae

  4. Hinge joint : Between vertebrae

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

 Gliding joint is a type of joint allows for gliding movements between flat surfaces as the surfaces slide over one another. Only a limited amount of movement is allowed such as those between the articular processes (zygapophyses) of successive vertebrae. Fibrous joint is present between skull bones. Cartilaginous joint is present between vertebrae. Hinge joint is present between knee and elbow.

Multiple choice
  1. abductor digiti minimi

  2. abductor hallucis

  3. adductor brevis

  4. adductor hallucis

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This muscle originates from the medial side of the tuberosity of calcaneus and abducts the great toe. It creates the medial margin of the sole of the foot.