MDCAT Biology — Coordination and Control
Coordination and Control is a core Biology topic in the PMDC MDCAT syllabus, covering 7 subtopics. Below are the subtopics to revise, how often the topic appears in past papers, and real past-paper MCQs to try.
Subtopics (7)
- Brain
- Endocrine System and Hormones
- Human Physiology - Nervous & Endocrine
- Nerve Impulse and Reflexes
- Neurons
- Pancreas
- Receptors
How Coordination and Control is tested
Across the 16 MDCAT past papers on ParhaiKrlo, Coordination and Control accounts for 104 questions. It appears in all 16, about 6.5 questions a paper. The heaviest was MDCAT 2025, with 14 questions.
| Paper | Questions |
|---|---|
| MDCAT 2025 | 14 |
| MDCAT 2024 | 9 |
| MDCAT 2023 | 7 |
| MDCAT 2022 | 5 |
| MDCAT 2019 | 6 |
| MDCAT 2018 | 6 |
| MDCAT 2017 | 6 |
| MDCAT 2016 | 8 |
| MDCAT 2015 | 5 |
| MDCAT 2014 | 7 |
| MDCAT 2013 | 5 |
| MDCAT 2012 | 6 |
| MDCAT 2011 | 8 |
| MDCAT 2010 | 4 |
| MDCAT 2009 | 2 |
| MDCAT 2008 | 6 |
Coordination and Control MCQs from the MDCAT past papers
Try each one before opening the answer. Each comes with a short explanation.
- Q1 · MDCAT 2025 · Coordination and Control
Which part of brain controls transition between sleeping and wakefulness?
- A.Medulla oblongata
- B.Cerebellum
- C.Cerebrum
- D.Pons
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Answer: D. Pons — The pons regulates the sleep-wake transition.
- Q2 · MDCAT 2024 · Coordination and Control
Posterior lobe of pituitary produce
- A.Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)
- B.Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)
- C.Adreno Corticotrofic Hormone (ACTH)
- D.Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)
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Answer: A. Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH) — The posterior pituitary releases ADH (and oxytocin), which it stores after production by the hypothalamus.
- Q3 · MDCAT 2023 · Coordination and Control
What is true about Oxytocin?
- A.Acts on kidney tubules
- B.Stimulates ICSH
- C.Performs cellular functions
- D.Dilates milk ducts of mammary glands
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Answer: D. Dilates milk ducts of mammary glands — Oxytocin's role in lactation is to trigger the 'milk ejection reflex' — contracting the ducts/myoepithelial cells so milk is released.