Chapter 12 of 16 · Biology

Support and Movement

Support and Movement is a Biology chapter on the official PMDC MDCAT 2026 syllabus, contributing roughly 4 MCQs to the 81-MCQ Biology section. Mastering the core concepts below typically secures the full chapter weightage.

Key Concepts

• Skeletal system
• Joints
• Muscle types & contraction
• Sliding filament theory
• Bone disorders

How Support and Movement Is Tested

MDCAT questions on Support and Movement are a mix of recall (definitions, classifications), application (predict outcomes, interpret diagrams), and basic numerical/analytical reasoning. PMDC papers from 2020–2025 emphasized the concepts above; older UHS papers (2008–2019) tested them too, with slight variations in question framing.