- 1. 1. One of the following secretes synovial fluid which acts as a shock absorber.
A) Cartilage
B) Synovial membrane
C) Synovial tissue
D) Synovial cavity
- 2. 2. -------------- joint allows movement in almost all directions.
A) Hinge
B) Gliding
C) Ball and socket
D) Pivot
- 3. 3. Muscles are attached to bones by means of strong whitish cord called ----------
A) Cartilage
B) Tonsil
C) Ligament
D) Tendons
- 4. 4. Muscles have two points of attachments which are ------- and ---------
A) Bicep and tricep
B) Ball and socket
C) Insertion and origin
D) Voluntary and involuntary
- 5. 5. The feeding mechanism in housefly is known as --------
A) Biting and chewing
B) Lapping and sponging
C) Sucking
D) Trapping and absorbing
- 6. 6. One of the following is not a sucking mouth part of animals exhibiting a sucking mechanism
A) Labella
B) Stylet
C) Probosics
D) Scolex
- 7. 7. The following are media of transportation in mammals except ---------.
A) Colloidal solution
B) Lymph
C) Blood
D) Body fluid
E) Cytoplasm
- 8. 8. In unicellular organisms, substances can move to all parts of the body by diffusion because of the following except -------
A) Surface area to volume ratio is small
B) Surface area to volume ratio is large
C) The body is small in size
D) Materials have to move over short distances.
- 9. 9. The following are constituents of the plasma except --------
A) Antibodies and Blood proteins
B) Lymphatic vessels
C) Hormones
D) Excretory products
- 10. 10. One of the following antibodies causes microorganisms to stick together in the body and reduce their pathogenic actions.
A) Antitoxins
B) Lysin
C) Agglutinins
D) Precipitins
- 11. 11. ---------- converts the fibrinogen which exists normally in a colloidal state in the blood plasma to fibrin
A) Thrombin
B) Fibrinogenase
C) Thrombokinase
D) Prothrombin
- 12. 12. All but one of the following are what make up the mammalian circulatory system.
A) Veins
B) Villi
C) Heart
D) Capillaries
E) Arteries
- 13. 13. -------- is the valve which lies between the left auricle and the left ventricle
A) Chordea valve
B) Biscupid valve
C) Septum valve
D) Triscupid
- 14. 14. -------- is the valve which lies between the right auricle and the right ventricle
A) Chordae valve
B) Systole valve
C) Biscupid valve
D) Triscupid valve
- 15. 15. ----------- release a substance thrombokinase in the presence of calcium ion to convert an inert chemical substance in plasma into active thrombin.
A) Erythrocytes
B) Leucocytes
C) Platelets
D) Antibodies
- 16. 16. The following are the characteristics of leucocytes except -------
A) Nucleated
B) Colourless
C) Concave and circular
D) Amoeboid in shape
- 17. 17. One of the following is not peculiar to the red blood cell
A) Old ones are destroyed in the liver
B) Microscopic
C) Circular and concave
D) Colourless when seen singly
- 18. 18. The following are parts of the chewing and biting mouth parts except ---------
A) Labrum
B) Mandibles
C) Labium
D) Maxillae
E) Probosics
- 19. 19. Pulmonary artery is the blood vessel connected to -------------.
A) Left auricle
B) Right ventricle
C) Right auricle
D) Left ventricle
- 20. 20. All the following are characteristics of the veins except ___.
A) Carries blood under low pressure
B) Posses thick elastic wall
C) Posses valves.
D) Carries blood towards the heart
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