Atrophy

Q. Progressive degeneration of skeletal muscle, mostly due to genetic disorder occurs in

1. Tetany
2. Arthritis
3. Myasthenia gravis
4. Muscular dystrophy

Q. What is muscle atrophy?

1. Growth and increase in the muscle cell
2. Progressive weakness in the muscles due to a genetic defect.
3. Progressive degeneration of the spinal nerves and wasting of the muscles that they control.
4. Atrophy occurs as a result of physical exercise such as weight lifting.

Q. Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option in question.

Assertion: Progressive degeneration of visceral muscle is called muscular dystrophy.

Reason: Muscular dystrophy is due to decreased level of estrogen in old age.

1. If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. If both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. If assertion is true but the reason is false.
4. If both assertion and reason are false.

Q. What is muscle atrophy?

1. Progressive degeneration of the spinal nerves and wasting of the muscles that they control.
2. Atrophy occurs as a result of physical exercise such as weight lifting.
3. Growth and increase in the muscle cell
4. Progressive weakness in the muscles due to a genetic defect.

Q. What is muscle atrophy?

1. Growth and increase in the muscle cell
2. Progressive weakness in the muscles due to a genetic defect.
3. Progressive degeneration of the spinal nerves and wasting of the muscles that they control.
4. Atrophy occurs as a result of physical exercise such as weight lifting.

Q. The condition in which muscles waste away is known as

1. fatigue
2. hypertrophy
3. atrophy
4. dystrophy

Q. The condition in which muscles waste away is known as

1. fatigue
2. hypertrophy
3. atrophy
4. dystrophy