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Evolve B

Total questions: 107

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the gestation period of a horse?

a)

9-11 months

b)

8-12 months

c)

6-9 months

d)

3 months

2.

When should a horse be vaccinated if in goal?

a)

8-10 months

b)

9-12 months

c)

11 months

d)

6 months

3.

How long does it take for a newborn foal to stand?

a)

1 hour

b)

5 hours

c)

24 hours

d)

3 hours

4.

What is the minimum amount of pasture horses should have access to if permanently outside?

a)

1.25 aces

b)

3 acres

c)

2 acres

d)

2.5 acres

5.

What type of bedding is not recommended for horses?

a)

Sawdust

b)

Hay

c)

Straw

d)

Grass

6.

How long after birth should a foal be vaccinated for tetanus?

a)

Before 6 months old

b)

Before 1 year old

c)

After 6 months old

d)

After 1 year old

7.

What is the minimum size requirement for a foaling box?

a)

4.25 x 4.25 metres

b)

8 x 8 metres

c)

5 x 5 metres

d)

5.25 x 5.25 metres

8.

What is a male horse know as?

a)

Gelding

b)

Boar

c)

Buck

d)

mare

9.

What are female horses known as?

a)

Mare

b)

Sow

c)

Jill

d)

Stallion

10.

Name a common symptom of colic in horses?

a)

Scraping the ground with feet

b)

Diarrhoea

c)

Coughing

d)

Lameness

11.

Which is the correct order urine leaves the body?

a)

Kidney, ureters, bladder and urethra

b)

Ureters, urethra, kidney and bladder

c)

Bladder, kidney, urethra and ureters

d)

Kidney, urethra, bladder, ureters

12.

What is the function of the kidney?

a)

Regulates volume and osmotic concentration of body fluids

b)

Diffuses urine

c)

Digests nutrients

d)

Releases hormones

13.

What is the normal specific gravity of urine in dogs and cats?

a)

Dogs 1.016-1.060

Cats 1.020-1.040

b)

Dogs 1.020-1.040

cats 1.060-1.080

c)

Dogs 1.010-1.030

cats 1.015-1.045

d)

Dogs 1.025-1.050

cats 1.010-1.015

14.

Which part of the kidney attaches to the ureters?

a)

Renal pelvis

b)

renal hilus

c)

Glomerulus

d)

Capsule

15.

What is the normal PH of urine for dogs and cats?

a)

Dogs 5.2-6.8

cats 5.5-7.5

b)

Dogs 6.5-8

cats 3.2-4.5

c)

Dogs 5.2-6.7

cats 5.2-6.8

d)

Dogs 6.9-7.5

cats 5.3-6.5

16.

What may the presence of glucose in the urine indicate?

a)

Diabetes

b)

Addisons

c)

Liver disease

d)

Renal disease

17.

What is the indented area of the kidney known as?

a)

Hilus

b)

pelvis

c)

Glomerulus

d)

Capsule

18.

What is micturition?

a)

Expelling urine

b)

Passing faces

c)

Chewing

d)

Digesting

19.

What does the urinary system not contain?

a)

Liver

b)

Kidneys

c)

Ureters

d)

Bladder

20.

What does osmoreceptors detect?

a)

Dehydration

b)

Urine

c)

Saliva

d)

oxygen

21.

Which reflex prevents the over inflation of lungs?

a)

Hering Breuer reflex

b)

Breuer stork reflex

c)

Spinal reflex

d)

Osmotic reflex

22.

What does Orthopnoea mean?

a)

Open mouth breathing

b)

Difficulty breathing

c)

No breathing

d)

nose breathing

23.

Which muscle is responsible for increasing the volume of the thoracic cavity during inspiration?

a)

Diaphragm

b)

Intercostal muscles

c)

Trapezius

d)

obliques

24.

Which part of the respiratory system is responsible for sound and production?

a)

Larynx

b)

Pharynx

c)

Trachea

d)

Tonsils

25.

What does the term epistaxis mean?

a)

Nose bleed

b)

Headache

c)

Ear infection

d)

eye bleed

26.

What does the diaphragm separate?

a)

Thoracic and abdominal cavaities

b)

Thoracic and respiratory cavities

c)

abdominal and reproductive cavities

d)

Abdominal and excretory cavities

27.

What is tidal volume?

a)

Inspired and expired with each breath

b)

The remaining breath in the lungs

c)

Expired breath

d)

dead Space in the lungs

28.

Where does gaseous exchange take place?

a)

Alveoli

b)

Bronchioles

c)

Accessory lobe

d)

Alveoli and bronchioles

29.

How many loves are there in the lungs?

a)

Left 3 lobes and the right 4 lobes

b)

Right 3 lobes and left 4 lobes

c)

4 lobes on each side

d)

3 lobes on each side

30.

Where in the eye would you find the light sensitive cells?

a)

Retina

b)

Iris

c)

Pupil

d)

Conjunctiva

31.

What is the junction between the cornea and sclera called?

a)

The limbus

b)

Limbo

c)

Choroid

d)

Iris

32.

What are photo receptor cells?

a)

Rods and cones

b)

Glial cells

c)

Circles and squares

d)

Optic nerve

33.

What is the condition heterochromia?

a)

Variation in eye colour

b)

Different pupil size

c)

Male eyes and female eyes

d)

Cats eyes

34.

What is the third eyelid also known as?

a)

Nictitating gland

b)

Clear lens

c)

Conjunctiva membrane

d)

Meimobian gland

35.

What is the name given when one pupil is bigger than the other?

a)

Anisocoria

b)

Heterochromia

c)

hyperocoria

d)

Pseudochromia

36.

What is ossification?

a)

Bone formation

b)

Fractured bones

c)

Pinning bone

d)

Type of bone

37.

What are sesamoid bones?

a)

Small and develop within a tendon

b)

Skull bones

c)

Large bones in the joint

d)

thin Hollow bones

38.

What is a pneumatic bone?

a)

contain air filled spaces

b)

Flight bones

c)

Neck bones

d)

Are strong for movement

39.

What are splanchnic bones?

a)

Develops in soft organ and unattached

b)

Are sutures of the skull

c)

Bones in between the vertebrae

d)

Bones on the face

40.

What do osteoblasts do?

a)

Lay down new bone

b)

Destroys bone

c)

give bone it’s white colour

d)

Cancer of the bone

41.

What do osteoclasts do?

a)

Destroys and remodels bone

b)

Lays down new bone

c)

Cancer of the bone

d)

Makes the bone white in colour

42.

What bone appears in the forelimb of cats only?

a)

Clavicle

b)

Humerus

c)

carpus

d)

Olcecranon

43.

What is a joint

a)

Bone to bone

b)

Muscle to bone

c)

Tendon to bone

d)

Muscle to muscle

44.

Which one is not a part of the Skelton

a)

perpendicular skeleton

b)

Appendicular skeleton

c)

Axial skeleton

d)

Splanchnic skeleton

45.

What is haemopoiesis?

a)

Production of blood cells in bone marrow

b)

Bleeding from the bone

c)

Old blood

d)

Destruction of blood in the bone marrow

46.

Where is the greater trochanter located?

a)

Femur

b)

Fibula

c)

Tibia

d)

Atlas

47.

Which stage in the oestrus cycle may a false pregnancy occur in the bitch

a)

Metoestrus

b)

Oestrus

c)

Dioestrus

d)

Anoestrus

48.

What is the open end of the Fallopian tube called?

a)

Infundibulum

b)

Ureter

c)

Cloaca

49.

I’m the male reproductive system which is only present in the cat?

a)

Bulbourethral gland

b)

Prostate gland

c)

Vas deferens

d)

epididymis

50.

How are embryos protected from infection?

a)

Mucoid plug

b)

Amniotic sac

c)

Membrane

d)

plasma

51.

What is the gestation period for a bitch and queen?

a)

63 days

b)

70 days

c)

54 days

d)

33 days

52.

multiparous mean?

a)

Multiple young at birth

b)

Multiple eggs

c)

Multiple pregnancies in one year

53.

Which hormones do the ovary secrete?

a)

Oestrogen and progesterone

b)

Luitenising hormone and FSH

c)

prolactin

d)

Oxytocin

54.

How are nutrients and oxygen passed to the foetus?

a)

Placenta and umbilical blood vessels

b)

Lungs

c)

Liver

d)

Urinary system

55.

How many pairs of mammary glands does a bitch have?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

4

d)

3

56.

How many pairs of mammary glands does a queen have?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

3

57.

When should a bitch be wormed during pregnancy?

a)

40-42 days

b)

60 days

c)

After birth

d)

33 days

58.

What is the uterine tube also known as?

a)

Oviduct and Fallopian tube

b)

Infundibulum

c)

Ureters

d)

Cloaca

59.

Which is not a layer of the uterus wall?

a)

Messentary

b)

Endometrium

c)

Myometrium

d)

Mesometrium

60.

What is the double layer of peritoneum called that wraps the testis

a)

Tunica vaginalis

b)

Tunica spermatozoa

c)

Peritoneum

61.

What two enzymes break down protein?

a)

Protease and trypsin

b)

Lipase and pepsin

c)

Amylase and glucose

62.

Which active enzyme breaks down carbohydrates?

a)

Amylase

b)

Lipase

c)

Pepsin

d)

Trypsin

63.

What enzyme breaks down fat?

a)

Lipase

b)

Amylase

c)

Trypsin

d)

Pepsin

64.

What essential amino acid for a cats diet?

a)

Taurine

b)

Alkaline

c)

Trypsin

d)

Selenium

65.

What carries nerve impulses towards the cell body of a neutron

a)

Dendrites

b)

Soma

c)

Axon

d)

Cell body

66.

What forms the control centre of the nervous system?

a)

Brain and spinal cord

b)

Brain and kidney

c)

Brain and heart

d)

Brain and nerves

67.

What structure is used to monitor balance?

a)

Utricle and saccule

b)

Perilymph in the ear

c)

Cerebellum

68.

What is the blood brain barrier?

a)

Protective cells

b)

glial cells

c)

white blood cells

d)

Immature red blood cells

69.

The pins, medulla and cerebellum together form the?

a)

Hindbrain

b)

Midbrain

c)

Forebrain

70.

What is the functions unit of the nervous system?

a)

neurons

b)

Sacromere

c)

Contraction

d)

Reflex

71.

Which cranial nerve is responsible for gustation?

a)

IX

b)

V

c)

VII

d)

IV

72.

What is the junction between the nerve fibre and the muscle Called?

a)

Neuromuscular junction

b)

Muscular fibre junction

c)

Neurofibre junction

73.

What are the muscles called responsible for facial expression

a)

Intrinsic muscles

b)

Oblique muscles

c)

Optic muscles

d)

Gastrocnemius

74.

Two muscles of the vertebral column?

a)

Epaxial and hypaxial muscles

b)

trapezius

c)

Biceps brachi

75.

What age does a puppy legally need to be microchipped by?

a)

8 weeks old

b)

6 months old

c)

2 weeks old

d)

10 weeks old

76.

Which breed is a dolichicephalic?

a)

Greyhound

b)

Labrador

c)

Bulldog

d)

rottie

77.

What breed is a mesocephalic?

a)

Labrador

b)

Greyhound

c)

french bulldog

78.

What age do puppies open their eyes?

a)

1-2 weeks old

b)

3-4 weeks old

c)

2 days later

d)

3 months old

79.

Testosterone is secreted by which cells?

a)

leydig cells

b)

Sertoli cells

c)

hering Breuer cells

d)

vas Deferens cells

80.

What is oestrogen produced by?

a)

Developing ovarian follicles

b)

Pituitary gland

c)

The brain

d)

The ovum

81.

Where does the pituitary gland lie?

a)

Ventral to the hypothalamus

b)

Dorsal to the hypothalamus

c)

In the hindbrain

d)

In the midbrain

82.

Where is adrenaline released from?

a)

Adrenal medulla

b)

Pituitary gland

83.

What hormone does the Pancreas produce to regulate the body glucose level?

a)

Insulin

b)

Glucose

c)

Glucagon

d)

Somatostatin

84.

What is the rabbit dental formula?

a)

28

b)

32

c)

44

d)

23

85.

What is the gestation period for the rabbit?

a)

29-35 days

b)

30- 36 days

c)

27-30 days

d)

25- 29 days

86.

What is the make and female guinea pig known as?

a)

Male-boar

female-sow

b)

Male-buck

female-Jill

c)

Male-stallion

female-mare

87.

Where is the quadrant bone in the snake?

a)

Skull

b)

Tail

c)

Ribs

d)

Penis

88.

What is the male ferret known as?

a)

Hob

b)

Mare

c)

Buck

d)

Sow

89.

What feathers are attached to the ulna of a birds wing?

a)

Secondaries

b)

First

c)

Guard

d)

down

90.

How many functioning lungs does a snake have?

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Three

d)

None

91.

What is the top of a tortoises shell known as?

a)

Carapace

b)

Plastron

c)

Scaffold

d)

Hard shell

92.

Where does a bird store it’s food that it eats?

a)

Crop

b)

Gizzard

c)

Keel

93.

What is the gestation period of a chinchilla?

a)

111 days

b)

63 days

c)

23 days

d)

11 days

94.

Which breed of rabbit has extremely long ears that touch the floor?

a)

English lop

b)

Dutch

c)

Dwarf

d)

Rex

95.

What does the pancreas secrete to aid digestion?

a)

Trypsin

b)

Pepsin

c)

Amylase

d)

Bicarbonate

96.

Where in the body does absorption take place?

a)

Small intestine

b)

Colon

c)

Large intestine

d)

Caecum

97.

What cells is the oesophagus lines with?

a)

Stratified squamous epithelium

b)

Simple squamous epithelium

c)

Ciliated squamous epithelium

d)

Cuboidal epithelium

98.

Where in the body does metabolism take place?

a)

Liver

b)

Kidney

c)

Stomach

d)

intestines

99.

What is an anabolic reaction?

a)

Needs energy

b)

Releases energy

c)

No energy needed

100.

What are essential for the blood clotting mechanism?

a)

Calcium and vitamin k

b)

Vitamin D and selenium

c)

calcium and vitamin c

d)

Calcium and vitamin a

101.

What is the heart enclosed within?

a)

Pericardium

b)

Endocardium

c)

Myocardium

d)

Pleura

102.

How many chambers does the heart have?

a)

4

b)

3

c)

2

d)

8

103.

Do veins carry?

a)

Blood to the heart

b)

Blood away from the heart

104.

Where is Oxygenated blood carried from to the lungs?

a)

Pulmonary veins

b)

Pulmonary arteries

c)

vena cava

d)

Jugular vein

105.

Normal PCV range for a dog?

a)

35-55%

b)

60%

c)

25-70%

d)

45-60%

106.

What are the normal PCV values for a cat?

a)

30-45%

b)

20-30%

c)

45–60%

107.

Where does blood transport waste products?

a)

Kidney and liver

b)

Kidney and pancreas

c)

Gallbladder and pancreas

d)

Stomach and spleen