Biology Seminar Info

Question 1

What is a force ?

Answer 1

Strength or energy as an attribute of physical activity or movement (F=MA)

Question 2

What is a torque ?

Answer 2

Force at an axis causing rotation/ a turning force

Question 3

What is a force arm ?

Answer 3

The distance between the axis and point of force

Question 4

What is momentum ?

Answer 4

Mass x Velocity

Question 5

What is impulse ?

Answer 5

Force/Time (Impulse, momentum relationship)

Question 6

What is work ?

Answer 6

Work = Force x Displacement (+ area under the force)

Question 7

What is power ?

Answer 7

Power = Force x Velocity (Rate at which work is done)

Question 8

What is energy ?

Answer 8

The quantity of what you put in to get in to get the force output

Question 9

Which bone is commonly broken during strangulation ?

a) Atlas b) Axis c) Hyoid d) Mandible

Answer 9

Hyoid

Question 10

What is the name of the peg on the second cervical (axis vertabra) that projects upwards through the first cervical vertebra ?
a) Crux b) Dens c) Tubercle d) Hook

Answer 10

Dens

Question 11

What is the most commonly broken bone in the body ?

a) Femur b) Humerus c) Tibia d) Clavicle

Answer 11

Clavical

Question 12

Which of these is NOT a muscle forming par of the quadriceps femoris group ?
a) Vastus femoris b) Vastus lateralis c) Vastus intermedius d) Vastus medialis

Answer 12

Vastus femoris

Question 13

What type of contraction will the trapezius muscle be undergoing during the raising phase of a barbell curl ?
a) Concentric b) Eccentric c) Isometric d) Relaxation

Answer 13

Isometric

Question 14

What type of electrical variable is measured when analysing muscular activity using electromyography ?
a) Charge b) Current c) Voltage d) Wattage

Answer 14

Voltage

Question 15

The cranial nervous system is made up of how many pairs of nerves ?
a) 12 b) 31 c) 43 d) 86

Answer 15

12

Question 16

In which part of the body would you find the lunate bone ?

a) Skull b) Wrist c) Foot d) Spine

Answer 16

Wrist

Question 17

Moving the thumb towards any of the other four fingers is known as ?
a) Supination b) Abduction c) Flexion d) Opposition

Answer 17

Opposition

Question 18

What is the shoulder joint also known as ?

a) Caracobrachial b) Acromioclavicular c) Glenohumeral d) Deltobicepial

Answer 18

Glenohumeral

Question 19

What bone has a surgical neck and anatomical neck ?

a) Fibula b) Frontal c) Axis d) Humerus

Answer 19

Humerus

Question 20

Which of these is the only muscle which flexes both the hip and the knee ?
a) Rectus femoris b) Biceps femoris c) Gracilis d) Sartorius

Answer 20

Sartorius