Skeletal muscle bundles are held together by a common connective tissue layer known as

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Fascia is a broad sheet of connective tissue that surrounds and holds together entire skeletal muscles or groups of muscle bundles (fascicles). Perimysium surrounds individual fascicles, endomysium wraps individual muscle fibers, and aponeurosis is a flat tendon-like structure—none of these are the common outer layer like fascia.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Tendons are fibrous connective tissues that attach skeletal muscles to bones, enabling movement by transmitting muscle force. This is a fundamental role of tendons, making ‘True’ correct. ‘False’ would apply to ligaments, which connect bone to bone.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: The axial skeleton includes the skull, vertebral column, and thoracic cage (ribs and sternum), which protect vital organs like the heart and lungs. The girdles (pectoral and pelvic) are part of the appendicular skeleton, not the axial, making 'thoracic cage' the correct addition.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: The plural of 'foramen' (Latin for hole) is 'foramina,' following Latin grammatical rules, as seen in terms like 'foramen magnum.' 'Foramens' is an incorrect Anglicized plural.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Longitudinal ligaments run lengthwise along the vertebral column (e.g., anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments), stabilizing the vertebrae vertically. Transverse is crosswise, and oblique is diagonal—neither matches 'longitudinal.'