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Types of Movement in the Human Body MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers

Edited By admin | Updated on Sep 18, 2023 18:34 AM | #NEET

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Organisms like paramoecium possess __________ as locomotory organ

The cells of the human body that show amoeboid movement include 

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Types of Movement
  • Cells of the human body exhibit three main types of movements as:
    • amoeboid 
    • ciliary 
    • muscular


Amoeboid Movement:

  • Some specialised cells in our body like macrophages and leukocytes in blood exhibit amoeboid movement. 
  • It is affected by pseudopodia formed by the streaming of protoplasm (as in Amoeba).
  • Cytoskeletal elements like microfilaments are also involved in the amoeboid movement.
  • Circulating WBCs have four characteristics movements:
    • Diapedesis or Migration: They can migrate out.
    • Amoeboid Movement: They move through the endothelium and into the peripheral tissues
    • Positive chemotaxis: They are attracted by specific chemical
    • Phagocytosis: They have the ability to engulf the pathogen, cell debris and other material

Ciliary Movement:

  • It occurs in most of our internal tubular organs which are lined by ciliated epithelium. 
  • The coordinated movements of cilia in the trachea help us in removing dust particles and some of the foreign substances inhaled along with the atmospheric air. 
  • Passage of ova through the female reproductive tract is also facilitated by the ciliary movement.

Muscular Movement:

  • Movement of our limbs, jaws, tongue, etc, require muscular movement.
  • The contractile property of muscles is effectively used for locomotion and other movements by human beings and the majority of multicellular organisms. 
  • Locomotion requires a perfect coordinated activity of muscular, skeletal and neural systems.

Flagellar movements:

  • This type of movement occurs in protozoans like Trypanosoma, Euglena etc. along with sponges.
  • In sponges, flagella of choanocyte cells maintain a regular current of water through the canal system.
  • In the case of human beings, the sperm swim in water or in the female genital tract with the help of its flagellar movements only
     

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