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Which of the following human bones is the knee bone?

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  1. Stapes

  2. Clavicle

  3. Patella

  4. Phalanx

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The patella, also known as the kneecap, is a thick, circular-triangular bone which articulates with the femur (thigh bone) and covers and protects the anterior articular surface of the knee joint. So, the correct option is C. ( Patella )

The spaces in between the trabeculae of long bone,contains highly vascularised red bone marrow which take part in forming erythrocytes and granular leucocytes.It is not present in which of the following?

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  1. Proximal ends of long bones

  2. Vertebrate

  3. Skull bones

  4. Calvicles

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Correct Option: C

The smallest bone in mammals is

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  1. SeptomaxiIIary

  2. Dentary

  3. Femur

  4. Stapes

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The stapes is the third bone of the three ossicles in the middle ear. The stapes is a stirrup-shaped bone, and the smallest in the human body. It rests on the oval window, to which it is connected by an annular ligament. Thus, option D is correct.

A bone left in dilute HCl for about three days will

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  1. Crack into pieces

  2. Become soft and elastic

  3. Dissolve completely

  4. Remain as it is

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A bone left in dilute HCl for about three days will become soft and elastic.

Dilute HCl is considered a mild acid, but it is strong enough to dissolve away the calcium in the bone. Once the calcium is dissolved, there is nothing to keep the bone hard – all that is left is the soft bone tissue.
This is because of reaction of calcium phosphate present in bones with the dilute acid.

Epiphyseal disks, which are present at the ends of long bones, are responsible for________________.

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  1. Bone elongation

  2. Growth of thickness of the bone

  3. Remodeling the shape of bone

  4. Formation of Haversian system

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Answer is option A i.e. "Bone elongation"
Epiphyseal disk is also called as growth plate. Epiphyseal plate (growth plate), is the region between the diaphysis and epiphysis. Epiphyseal plate/ disk is responsible for the lengthwise growth of long bones. Long bones continue to lengthen, potentially until adolescence, through the addition of bone tissue at the epiphyseal plate

Which bones protects the spinal cord? 

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  1. Flat

  2. Irregular

  3. Long

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Irregular bones have complex shape and hence, cannot be classified as long, short or flat. Their shape is due to the function they carry out it the body. They provide mechanical support to the body but also protect the spinal cord. Therefore, (b) is the correct answer. 

The bones with similar length, width, depth are _____________. 

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  1. Flat bones

  2. Long bones

  3. Short bones

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Short bones are approximately cube shaped i.e length, diameter, width and depth all are same. Examples of short bones are carpal and tarsal bones. Therefore, (c) is the correct answer. 

In man ribs are attached to

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  1. Clavicle

  2. Ileum

  3. Sternum

  4. Scapula

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The first seven pair are attached directly to the sternum 8th, 9th and I0th pairs are attached indirectly to the sternum, and the last two pairs of ribs are called floating ribs because their anterior ends are not attached to either the sternum or the cartilage of another ribs.

The second vertebra, the axis which helps in a rotatory
movement of the head has a knob like process called

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  1. Hypapophysis

  2. Metapophysis

  3. Odontoid process

  4. Zygapophysis

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

First cervical vertebra is called atlas. Second cervical vertebra is known as axis. The atlas supports the head. Axis has a peg like process called Odontoid  process / Dens.

Marrow cavity present at the ends of long bone is internally
lined by _____________.

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  1. Periosteum

  2. Endosteum

  3. Epiosteum

  4. Sarcolemma

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Endosteum is a thin single layer of epithelium, lines the marrow or medullarycavity.