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Study the statements about human skeleton (i) Skull is dicondylic (ii) Metacarpals are five in number (iii) Petella is cup-shaped bone covering the knee dorsally (iv) Scapula is a large triangullar flat bone, situated on the ventral side of thorax (v) The pelvic girdle has two coxal bones.

A

`i` ,v are wrong

B

`i` ,ii are wrong

C

`ii` ,v are wrong

D

`iii` ,iv are wrong.

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