Fill in the blank spaces: (a) All mammal | Class 11 Biology Chapter Locomotion and Movement, Locomotion and Movement NCERT Solutions

Name the cells/tissues in human body which
a. exhibit ameboid movement
b. exhibit ciliary movement

How do you distinguish between a skeletal muscle and a cardiac muscle?

Label the different components of actin filament in the diagram given below.

Define sliding filament theory of muscle contraction.

Describe the important steps in muscle contraction.

What is the source of energy for muscle contraction?

Draw the diagram of a sarcomere of skeletal muscle showing different regions.

An elderly woman slipped in the bathroom and had severe pain in her lower back. After X-ray examination doctors told her it is due to a slipped
disc. What does that mean? How does it affect our health?

Locomotion requires a perfect coordinated activity of muscular, _____, _______ systems

Define a taxon. Give some examples of taxa at different hierarchical levels.

What are the steps involved in formation of a root nodule?

Name the pathological condition when uncontrolled cell division occurs.
 

Aquatic animals generally are ammonotelic in nature where as terrestual forms are not. Comment.
 

Why earthworm is called the friend of farmer?
 

Which of the following is correct:
(a) Cells of all living organisms have a nucleus.
(b) Both animal and plant cells have a well defined cell wall.
(c) In prokaryotes, there are no membrane bound organelles.
(d) Cells are formed de novo from abiotic materials.

Mitosis results in producing two cells which are similar to each other. What would be the consequence if each of the following irregularities
occur during mitosis?
a. Nuclear membrane fails to disintegrate
b. Duplication of DNA does not occur
c. Centromeres do not divide
d. Cytokinesis does not occur.

Rhizome of ginger is like the roots of other plants that grows underground. Despite this fact ginger is a stem and not a root. Justify.