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The cerebellum is responsible for coordinating voluntary movements and maintaining balance and posture.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology Chapter 18: Neural Control and Coordination Sensory Organs - Ear - Structure and Physiology of Hearing and Balance
The last two pairs of ribs are called floating ribs, not false ribs.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology Chapter 17: Locomotion and Movement Skeletal System - Axial Skeleton - Ribs Sternum
The human vertebral column consists of 26 vertebrae.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology Chapter 17: Locomotion and Movement Skeletal System - Axial Skeleton - Skull Vertebral Column
The lumbar region consists of 5 vertebrae, not 7.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology Chapter 17: Locomotion and Movement Skeletal System - Axial Skeleton - Skull Vertebral Column
The vertebra is part of the axial skeleton, which includes the skull, vertebral column, and rib cage.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology Chapter 17: Locomotion and Movement Skeletal System - Axial Skeleton - Skull Vertebral Column
The mandible is part of the facial skeleton, while the frontal, parietal, and occipital bones are part of the cranium.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology Chapter 17: Locomotion and Movement Skeletal System - Axial Skeleton - Skull Vertebral Column
Flagellar movement is found in sperm cells but is not a primary type of movement in most human cells.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology Chapter 17: Locomotion and Movement Types of Movement - Amoeboid Ciliary Flagellar Muscular
Arteries have thick muscular walls to withstand high blood pressure exerted by the pumping action of the heart.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology Chapter 15: Body Fluids and Circulation Circulatory System - Comparative and Evolutionary Aspects
The pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology Chapter 15: Body Fluids and Circulation Circulatory System - Comparative and Evolutionary Aspects
Pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart, so not all veins carry deoxygenated blood.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology Chapter 15: Body Fluids and Circulation Circulatory System - Comparative and Evolutionary Aspects
The aortic valve prevents blood from flowing back into the left ventricle from the aorta.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology Chapter 15: Body Fluids and Circulation Human Heart - Structure and Cardiac Cycle
