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

Where does the root of the nail lie?

  1. Nail plate

  2. Nail sinus

  3. Nail bed

  4. Nail matrix
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The root of the nail lies at nail sinus, i.e. the base of nail underneath the skin.

Multiple choice

The sagittal and coronal sutures meet at the

  1. pterion

  2. Glabella

  3. Lambda

  4. Bregma
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

It is a point on the surface of the skull at the junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures. Here the coronal suture is intersected perpendicularly by the sagittal suture.

Multiple choice

The sella turcica is a part of

  1. sphenoid bone

  2. ethmoid bone

  3. nasal bones

  4. lacrimal bone
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The sella turcica is found on the surface of the sphenoid bone. It is a structure in the skull that supports the pituitary gland.

Multiple choice

Match the following joints with their locations?

 
a. Pivot joint 1. Knee
b. Hinge joint 2. Shoulder
c. Balland socket joint 3. Neck
4. Elbow

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  2. a <span style="font-family:" arial;="" font-size:="" small;="">- 3, b <span style="font-family:" arial;="" font-size:="" small;="">-1 & 4, c <span style="font-family:" arial;="" font-size:="" small;="">- 2

  3. a <span style="font-family:" arial;="" font-size:="" small;="">- 1 & 4, b <span style="font-family:" arial;="" font-size:="" small;="">- 3, c <span style="font-family:" arial;="" font-size:="" small;="">- 2

  4. a <span style="font-family:" arial;="" font-size:="" small;="">- 1, b <span style="font-family:" arial;="" font-size:="" small;="">- 2 & 4, c <span style="font-family:" arial;="" font-size:="" small;="">- 3

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

Pivot joints are present in neck, hinge joint is present in knee and elbow, and Ball and socket joints are present in hip and shoulder.

Multiple choice

Which kind of joints is found in knee?

  1. Pivot

  2. Hinge

  3. Ball and socket

  4. Fixed

  5. Partially movable

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

Hinge joint allows movement only in one direction. For example the knee and elbow can bend and straighten, but cannot rotate.

Multiple choice

The term 'paraperiosteal technique' is most commonly used in preference to the term 'supraperiosteal' because

  1. the solution is deposited alongside the periosteum

  2. the solution is deposited above the periosteum

  3. the solution is deposited below the periosteum

  4. the solution is deposited in the periosteum
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The solution is deposited alongside the periosteum and not above the periosteum. The success of these injections depends on the diffusion of the anesthetic solution through the periosteum and into the underlying bony structure to come in contact with the nerves therein.

Multiple choice

Which pair is not properly matched?

  1. Cursorial adaptations - Limb bones elongated

  2. Fossorial adaptations - Developed shoulder girdle

  3. Arboreal adaptations - Webbed feet

  4. Volant adaptations - Fusion of certain bones
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Fossorial adaptations - Developed shoulder girdle. Fossorial adaptations are observed in those animals that live above ground but they dig for the food. Such adaptation is not characterized with developed shoulder girdle.

Multiple choice

Match the following:

 
a. Stigma 1. It is the middle part of the carpel.
b. Style 2. It is the top part of the carpel.
c. Ovary 3. It is the swollen part at the bottom of the carpel.

  1. a - 2, b - 1, c - 3

  2. a - 2, b - 3, c - 1

  3. a - 3, b - 2, c - 1

  4. a - 1, b - 2, c - 3

  5. a - 3, b - 1, c - 2
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. Stigma is the top part of the carpel. Style is the middle part of the carpel. Ovary is the swollen part at the bottom of the carpel.