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Organ Systems 2018 Fall

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Prehension is a term referring to

a)

how an animal gathers food

b)

eating feed or forage

c)

chewing food

d)

digesting food

2.

What is different in the mouth structure of cattle, sheep and goats compared to horses?

a)

there is no difference

b)

horses do not have upper incisors

c)

cattle, sheep and goats have a dental pad instead of upper incisors

d)

cattle, sheep and goats do not have a true tongue

3.

What is the horse's organ of prehension?

a)

LIps

b)

teeth

c)

hoof

d)

tail

4.

What is a human's organ of prehension?

a)

mouth

b)

teeth

c)

hand

d)

eye

5.

What type of digestive systems to cattle and sheep have?

a)

single

b)

prehension

c)

monogastric

d)

ruminant

6.

What is colic?

a)

an enzyme that helps digest food

b)

a digestive disorder

c)

a medication to ease abdominal pain

d)

an additive included in most animal feed

7.

What is a cecum?

a)

a blind sack

b)

a site of microbial digestion

c)

a thin-walled structure

d)

all of the above

8.

Which of the following refers to the rear of an animal?

a)

anterior

b)

posterior

c)

dorsal

d)

ventral

9.

What is the chicken's true stomach?

a)

gizzard

b)

proventriculus

c)

crop

d)

cloaca

10.

Hairballs are

a)

undesirable

b)

found in rumens

c)

comprised mainly of hair

d)

all of the above

11.

What is the function of the esophagus in ruminants?

a)

carry material down

b)

carry material back up

c)

both

d)

neither

12.

Material leaving the reticulum would enter the

a)

abomasum

b)

omasum

c)

small intestine

d)

large intestine

13.

How many stomach compartments does a ruminant have?

a)

three

b)

two

c)

one

d)

four

14.

What does mastication mean?

a)

eating

b)

chewing

c)

breathin

d)

smelling

15.

Monogastric animals

a)

have complex stomachs

b)

are ruminants

c)

have two stomachs

d)

have simple stomachs

16.

A neuron has

a)

soma

b)

axom

c)

nucleus

d)

all of the above

17.

The peripheral nervous system includes the

a)

brain stem

b)

spinal cord

c)

autonomic nervous system

d)

cerebellum

18.

In humans, which part of the brain is 80 percent of its weight?

a)

cerebrum

b)

cerebellum

c)

spinal cord

d)

brain stem

19.

Humans are considered

a)

monopods

b)

bipeds

c)

tripods

d)

quadrupeds

20.

Which bone is present in humans, but absent in four-legged animals?

a)

skull

b)

femur

c)

clavicle

d)

pelvis

21.

The bones of the hand are

a)

long

b)

short

c)

flat

d)

irregular

22.

Which of the following is a function of the skeletal system?

a)

protection

b)

locomotion

c)

blood production

d)

all

23.

The shoulder and hip joints are considered

a)

ball and socket joints

b)

gliding joints

c)

pivot joints

d)

fused joints

24.

Which of the following is a type of muscle?

a)

skeletal

b)

cardiac

c)

smooth

d)

all of the above

25.

Which type of muscle is termed as "voluntary?"

a)

skeletal

b)

cardiac

c)

smooth

d)

all of the above

26.

Tendons attach _______ to _________.

a)

muscle/muscle

b)

bone/bone

c)

muscle/bone

d)

red fibers/white fibers

27.

Muscle contraction results in muscle fibers becoming ____________.

a)

longer

b)

smooth

c)

shorter

d)

cardiac

28.

How many chambers are in the heart?

a)

one

b)

two

c)

three

d)

four

29.

The only type of artery in the body which carries deoxygenated blood is __________

a)

superior vena cava

b)

inferior vena cava

c)

pulmonary artery

d)

aorta

30.

Which chamber has the thickest muscular wall?

a)

right atrium

b)

left atrium

c)

right ventricle

d)

left ventricle

31.

Heart attacks can result from a blockage of

a)

the trachea

b)

the bronchus

c)

a coronary artery

d)

the superior vena cava

32.

The lungs lobed structure:

a)

can be helpful when treating patients with lung cancer

b)

allows removal of part of a lung

c)

has different number of lobes on each side

d)

all

33.

Which structure helps prevent food from entering the trachea during swallowing?

a)

uvula

b)

epiglottis

c)

both

d)

neither

34.

The trachea divides into two branches called the

a)

sulci

b)

bronchi

c)

chordae tendineae

d)

lobes

35.

The structure that helps prevent food from entering the sinus cavity during swallowing is the

a)

uvula

b)

epiglottis

c)

bronchi

36.

Identify the waste gas removed from the blood during expiration.

a)

oxygen

b)

water

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

all

37.

Which system is responsible for supporting and protecting the body?

a)

circulatory

b)

muscular

c)

digestive

d)

skeletal

38.

Animals that work over long periods of time have more

a)

Red muscle

b)

white muscle

c)

pink muscle

39.

The spinal cord

a)

connects the muscles to bone

b)

bone to bone

c)

brain to nerves in the rest of the body

d)

nerves to bone

40.

Which blood cells carry oxygen to body cells and takes away carbon dioxide?

a)

white

b)

platelet

c)

plasma

d)

red

41.

Tiny sacs found at the end of the bronchiole tubes.

a)

arteries

b)

veins

c)

cells

d)

alveoli

42.

capillaries

a)

tubes that transport oxygenated blood

b)

tiny tubes that connect arteries to veins

c)

large muscle that helps with breathing

43.

What type of muscle is the heart?

a)

skeletal

b)

smooth

c)

cardiac

44.

Each paragraph of the FFA Creed begins with

a)

I know

b)

I can

c)

I will

d)

I believe

45.

FFA began in

a)

1917

b)

1928

c)

1959

d)

1969

46.

The ear of corn in the ffa emblem represents

a)

unity

b)

freedom

c)

work

d)

knowledge

47.

The owl in the ffa emblem represents

a)

unity

b)

freedom

c)

work

d)

knowledge

48.

The plow in the ffa emblem represents

a)

unity

b)

freedom

c)

work

d)

knowledge

49.

The bones in the wrist are

a)

long

b)

short

c)

flat

d)

irregular

50.

Official FFA Colors are National Blue and Corn Gold.

a)

True

b)

False