Muscle Quiz – I

Before we go to some more interesting information on muscles let us see how far do we remember the points covered in this series of articles on muscles.

Please see how many of these multiple choice questions you can answer -

1. Which of these types of movements is seen in humans? (a) amoeboid (b) muscular (c) ciliary (d) all of these 2. Adults of which phylum in animal kingdom never go from place to place? (a) protozoa (b) porifera (c) mollusks (d) echinodermata 3. Connective tissue ensheathing the entire muscle is called (a) epimysium (b) tendon (c) perimysium (d) ligament 4. Shivering in cold weather is due to (a) voluntary action of striated muscles (b) involuntary action of striated muscles (c) involuntary action of non-striated muscles (d) voluntary action of non-striated muscles 5. Cardiac muscles are in the layer (a) epicardium (b) myocardium (c) endocardium(d) serous pericardium 6. All these are properties of skeletal muscles except - (a) they are near the skin and their outlines can be easily seen (b) they originate and end in soft parts of body (c) they have tendons (d) these are the bulky muscles 7. A single word refers to a contraceptive device and name of a skeletal muscle in human body. Which is the word? (a) condom (b) diaphragm (c) cervix (d) prophylactic 8. There are openings in diaphragm to allow to pass through all these except - (a) superior vena cava (b) aorta (c) inferior vena cava (d) esophagus 9. Which of the following statements about vocal ability of frogs is true? (a) both male frogs and female frogs croak (b) only male frogs croak not the female frogs (c) only female frogs croak not the male frogs (d) male frogs croak continuously and the female frogs occasionally 10. Entire scalp can be moved by moving the muscle/s (a) buccinator & massetor (b) orbicularis oris (c) frontalis and occipitalis (d) orbicularis oculi 11.Which is the most basic of all types of movements? (a) muscular (b) ciliary (c) amoeboid (d) none of these 12. Which form of life moves with a whiplike fiber on its body (a) enatmoeba (b) euglena (c) paramaecium (d) Cyclops 13. Food passes through the esophagus by (a) relaxation (b) peristalsis (c) compaction (d) contractions 14. Depressor muscle forms an antagonistic pair with (a) flexor (b) adductor (c) pronator (d) elevator 15. Barnacles are (a) marine crustaceans (b) fresh water mollusks (c) free living nematodes (d) parasitic insects

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