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Vet Science Study Guide answer key
1. What are the names of the walls of the heart?
-epicardium, myocardium, endocardium
2. What are the 5 regions of the vertebrae?
-cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccygeal
3. How much income do livestock producers lose to disease, parasites, and toxins?
-20%
4. In 1992, what act was passed that deals with vandalism, theft, and threats to research facilities
and workers?
-Animal Enterprise Protection Act
5. What does the cardiovascular system do?
-delivers oxygen, nutrients, and hormones to various tissues of the body
6. What is also referred to as the hock?
-tarsal
7. What sound does the heart make?
-lub dub
8. What does the upper respiratory system consist of?
-nose, mouth, pharynx, epiglottis, larynx
9. What is the inner layer of the heart wall?
-endocardium
10. True or False: Uncontrolled mitosis causes cancer
-true
11. What are the three major blood vessels in mammals?
-arteries, capillaries, and veins
12. What two valves make the “lub” sound of the heart?
-tricuspid and mitral
13. What does the central nervous system consist of?
-brain and spinal cord
14. What is the basic unit of animal life?
-cells
15. What happens during apnea?
-breathing stops completely
16. What is the membrane around the nucleus?
-the nuclear membrane
17. What organelle deals with food and wastes and transports it out of the cell?
-vacuole
18. What is ossification?
-when cartilage starts becoming bone
19. What forms the stifle joint in horses?
-patella
20. How many chambers do mammals have in the heart?
-4
21. During auscultation, between what ribs do you hold the stethoscope for dogs and cats?
-between the 3rd and 7th rib
22. Label the parts of an animal cell
23. What is another name for DNA?
-chromatin
24. In the circulatory system, what lines the myocardium?
-epithelium
25. What does mucus do?
-helps warm, moisten, and filter air
26. What are factory farms?
-a large-scale operation that efficiently produces animals in a carefully controlled environment
27. What are the 4 stages of mitosis?
-PMAT
28. Name the 4 basic types of tissue types mammals have?
-epithelial, connective, muscle, and nerve
29. What are the tiny wave-like hairs that line the nostrils?
-cilia
30. What is an interruption in blood flow in the heart?
-heart murmur
31. When was the first federal law dealing with the humane treatment of animal passed?
-1873
32. When was the Humane Slaughter Act passed?
-1958
33. Where are blood cells produced?
-bone marrow
34. What organelle is only found in animal cells?
-centrioles
35. What are the 3 types of muscle tissue?
-smooth, skeletal, cardiac
36. What forms the forearm?
-radius
37. What is known as the atria?
-superior chamber
38. What carries blood from the heart to the body?
-pulmonary veins
39. What is the voice box?
-larynx
40. What are known as ventricles?
-inferior chambers