- 1. 1. One of the following secretes synovial fluid which acts as a shock absorber.
A) Cartilage
B) Synovial membrane
C) Synovial cavity
D) Synovial tissue
- 2. 2. -------------- joint allows movement in almost all directions.
A) Ball and socket
B) Hinge
C) Pivot
D) Gliding
- 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) Ball and socket
B) Voluntary and involuntary
C) Bicep and tricep
D) Insertion and origin
- 5. 5. The feeding mechanism in housefly is known as --------
A) Lapping and sponging
B) Trapping and absorbing
C) Sucking
D) Biting and chewing
- 6. 6. One of the following is not a sucking mouth part of animals exhibiting a sucking mechanism
A) Stylet
B) Probosics
C) Scolex
D) Labella
- 7. 7. The following are media of transportation in mammals except ---------.
A) Body fluid
B) Cytoplasm
C) Blood
D) Colloidal solution
E) Lymph
- 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) The body is small in size
C) Materials have to move over short distances.
D) Surface area to volume ratio is large
- 9. 9. The following are constituents of the plasma except --------
A) Lymphatic vessels
B) Hormones
C) Antibodies and Blood proteins
D) Excretory products
- 10. 10. One of the following antibodies causes microorganisms to stick together in the body and reduce their pathogenic actions.
A) Agglutinins
B) Precipitins
C) Antitoxins
D) Lysin
- 11. 11. ---------- converts the fibrinogen which exists normally in a colloidal state in the blood plasma to fibrin
A) Prothrombin
B) Thrombin
C) Fibrinogenase
D) Thrombokinase
- 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) Septum valve
C) Triscupid
D) Biscupid valve
- 14. 14. -------- is the valve which lies between the right auricle and the right ventricle
A) Biscupid valve
B) Chordae valve
C) Systole 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) Platelets
B) Erythrocytes
C) Antibodies
D) Leucocytes
- 16. 16. The following are the characteristics of leucocytes except -------
A) Colourless
B) Concave and circular
C) Nucleated
D) Amoeboid in shape
- 17. 17. One of the following is not peculiar to the red blood cell
A) Circular and concave
B) Old ones are destroyed in the liver
C) Microscopic
D) Colourless when seen singly
- 18. 18. The following are parts of the chewing and biting mouth parts except ---------
A) Labium
B) Probosics
C) Mandibles
D) Maxillae
E) Labrum
- 19. 19. Pulmonary artery is the blood vessel connected to -------------.
A) Left auricle
B) Right ventricle
C) Left ventricle
D) Right auricle
- 20. 20. All the following are characteristics of the veins except ___.
A) Carries blood under low pressure
B) Posses valves.
C) Carries blood towards the heart
D) Posses thick elastic wall
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