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WorksheetsH/C Anatomy Final
Total questions: 74
Worksheet time: 37mins
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Buccal pump - bony fish
Ram ventilation - amphibians
Dual pump - sharks
Two chambers/compartments involved in a dual pump are:
Opercular chamber and lung
Buccal and opercular chambers
Buccal chamber and lung
Between the two-stroke and four-stroke buccal pump, which can keep oxygenated and deoxygenated air separate inside the oral (buccal) cavity?
Two-stroke buccal pump
Four-stroke buccal pump
In an avian lung, ______ exchange takes place when the oxygen molecules diffuse into the bloodstream from the air flowing through the parabronchi.
Concurrent
Crosscurrent
Countercurrent
Choose the correct order of structures, through which a draft of air flows in a bird respiratory system.
Trachea > anterior air sacs > posterior air sacs > lungs > trachea
Trachea > anterior air sacs > lungs > posterior air sacs > trachea
Trachea > posterior air sacs > lungs > anterior air sacs > trachea
Blood islands are the embryonic source for:
Blood cells
Blood vessels
All of the above
Capillaries consist of:
Tunica externa
Tunica media
Tunica interna
All of the above
Media and interna
The tunica media of the veins lack:
Smooth muscle
Elastic fibers
Both
The blood pressure is stronger in veins than in capillaries.
True
False
Which of the following forms an arch of aorta (systemic arch) in birds?
Aortic arch (AA) III, right
AA III, left
AA IV, right
AA IV, left
AA VI
Which of the following forms a pulmonary trunk in mammals?
Aortic arch (AA) III, right
AA III, left
AA IV, right
AA IV, left
AA VI
In the shark heart, the two middle chambers are:
Atrium and vetricle
Sinus venous and atrium
Sinus venous and ventricle
Ventricle and conus arteriosus
Among vertebrates, accessory hearts that assist in venous return occur in:
Hagfish
Lamprey
Frogs
Sharks
Hagfish and lamprey
During cardiac shunt, resistance in ______ increases to divert blood flow back to the body from the ventricle.
Pulmonary vein
Right systemic arch
Left systemic arch
Pulmonary artery
Sinus venosus
Identify the vertebrate group that cannot perform cardiac shunt.
Mammals
Birds
Turtles
All of the above
Mammals and birds
Coronary vessels (= arteries and veins) service:
Stomach
Liver
Pancreas
Heart
Spleen
Which of the following valves is found between the right atrium and right ventricle in a human heart?
Aortic valve
Tricuspid valve
Pulmonary valve
Bicuspid valve
How do the four chambers of a human heart contract?
One at a time
Right chambers then left chambers
Both atria, then both ventricles
Chordae tendineae are associated with all four heart valves of a human heart.
True
False
One way valves are found:
In large arteries
In capillaries
In large veins
Between pulmonary trunk and the right ventricle
Vertebrate kidneys develop from:
Mesomere
Epimere
Splanchnic mesoderm
Somatic mesoderm
A uriniferous tubule consists of:
Glomerulus and nephron (= nephric tubule)
Glomerulus and nephric (collecting) duct
Nephron (= nephric tubule) and collecting duct
An embryonic kidney of an amniote is:
Pronephros
Mesonephros
Metanephros
Opisthonephros
Find a false statement about veins.
Carry blood away from the heart
May carry oxygenated blood
Are blood reservoir
Large ones show one-way valves
Blood pressure is lower than within capillaries
Which embryonic vein becomes the hepatic portal vein?
Vitelline
Cardinal
Lateral abdominal
Subintestinal
There are more afferent lymphatic vessels than efferent ones at a given lymph node, because:
Most of the lymph is absorbed at the node and thus less lymph exits the node
That way the lymph stays longer in the node to be secreted more thoroughly by immune cells
Some lymph that enters the node flows backward and reenters afferent vessels
Which of the following groups possesses ureters?
Chondrichthyes
Birds
Mammals
All of the above
Birds and mammals
Turtles exhibit:
Uricotelism
Ammonotelism
Ureotelism
All of the above
Uricotelism and ammonotelism
What flows through the collecting duct of a kidney?
Urine
Filtrate
Find the correct match.
Sharks - enlarged renal corpuscle (i.e., glomerulus + renal capsule)
Freshwater fishes - osmoconformers
Saltwater bony fishes - aglomerullar kidneys
Which of the following groups lacks salt glands?
Sea turtles
Marine iguana (lizard)
Whales
Penguins
Sea snakes
The sex of the gonad is already determined by the time a pair of genital ridges emerge.
True
False
Some vertebrates can reproduce asexually.
True
False
An indifferent gonad becomes an ovary when primordial germ cells (PGCs) settle in the medulla.
True
False
Some vertebrate females only possess a single ovary.
True
False
Which of the following is NOT part of an oviduct?
Ostium/infundibulum
Ovarian duct
Shell gland (in some)
Uterus
All mammal females give live birth (viviparous).
True
False
The spongy urethra is unique to male:
Amphibians
Birds
Mammals
Lampreys
Sharks
Which species possesses a baculum (os penis)?
Human
Mink
Both
PNS stands for peripheral nervous system, and consists of the brain and the spinal cord.
True
False
What neuroglial cells produce cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which fills and flows through the spinal cord and the brain?
Ependymal cells
Astrocytes
Microglia
Oligodendrocytes
Schwann cells
Morphologically, sensory neurons are:
Unipolar neurons
Bipolar neurons
Multipolar neurons
Motor neurons are known as _______ neurons, because they carry AP ________ the CNS.
Afferent, away from
Afferent, towards
Efferent, away from
Efferent, towards
ADH (antidiuretic hormone) is secreted by:
Motor neurons
Interneurons
Neurosecretory neurons
Sensory neurons
A collection of somas (cell bodies) in CNS is referred to as:
Microglia
Nucleus
Ganglion
Whose axon is always unmyelinated?
Sensory neuron
Motor neuron
Interneuron
Which is longer, your spine (the vertebral column) or your spinal cord?
Spine
Spinal cord
Ventral rami of adjacent spinal nerves may join to form a:
Dorsal ramus
Cauda equina
Plexus
Sharks and humans share:
Hypoglossal nerve
Accessory nerve
Vagus nerve
What does an optic nerve (CNII) do?
Moves an eyeball
Changes pupil diameter
Changes lens thickness
Conducts visual input to the brain
All of the above
Evolution of the accessory nerve enabled tetrapods to:
Move eyeballs
Taste food
Swallow
Move head
Hear on land
How many meninges do fishes (& sharks) have?
0
1
2
3
Which ventricle is found in the hind brain?
First
Second
Third
Fourth
All of them
Which ventricle is the choroid plexus found?
First
Second
Third
Fourth
All of them
In the spinal reflex, the action potential propagating through the motor neuron always exits from the same level of the spinal cord as the sensory neuron that propagated the AP.
True
False
All of the somatic afferent neurons in the spinothalamic tract synapse in the thalamus.
True
False
Diencephalon can perform the following, EXCEPT:
Is a major synapsing region for afferent pathways
Perceives somatic sensations and initiates somatic motor impulses
Is a center of homeostasis
Regulates biological rhythms in amniotes
Optic input in amniotes always reaches the tectum.
True
False
Cerebellum initiates skeletal muscle contraction.
True
False
Pons is part of:
Telencephalon
Diencephalon
Mesencephalon
Metencephalon
Myelencephalon
How many sets of cranial nerve have their nuclei in the medulla oblongata?
3
4
5
6
7
Find a statement inconsistent with specialized sensory organs.
Highly localized in our body
Receive very specific stimuli
Important in spinal reflexes
Examples include taste buds
Olfaction has nothing to do with tasting food.
True
False
Olfaction has nothing to do with tasting food.
True
False
Among vertebrates, the sense of taste is detected only within the oral cavity.
True
False
Vomeronasal/Jacobsen's organ is an accessory ______ system.
Photoreceptive
Taste
Olfactory
Electroreceptive
Parietal organ is part of:
Telencephalon
Epithalamus
Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Cerebellum
Where are infrared receptors located in the pit viper such as a rattle snake?
Along the jaw margin
In their retina
In loreal pits
Accomodation in sharks is achieved through the change of lens shape.
True
False
Which of the following groups can see into ultraviolet?
Snakes
Birds
Mammals
Sensitivity of hair cells to fluid movement in _________ allows us to perceive body movements in particular directions.
All directions
Particular directions
Fluid movement in any direction across a given hair cell triggers action potential.
True
False
How many semicircular canals do lampreys have?
0
1
2
3
4
An ear of a shark can detect all of the following sensations well, except:
Hearing
Angular acceleration
Gravity
Linear acceleration
Linear deceleration
