2. A bundle of muscle fibers are also known as a _______?
a. Epimysium
b. Fasciculus
c. Flexors
d. Fossa
3. Bone is formed in a process known as _______.
a. Ossification
b. Articulation
c. Synsacrum
d. Meningitis
4. How many true ribs do humans have?
a. Five
b. Twelve
c. Two
d. Seven
5. The bone marrow is responsible for the formation of what material?
a. Osseous tissue
b. Blood cells
c. Epithelial tissue
d. Phlegm
6. The ____ ____ are the ribs whose cartilage is not attached
to anything.
a. True ribs
b. Pygostylic ribs
c. Floating ribs d. Loose ribs
7. The _________ is the region of the brain responsible for controlling
respiration, blood pressure, swallowing and vomiting.
a. Cerebrum
b. Cerebellum
c. Medulla
d. Pineal gland
8. In many organisms (including humans), a membrane called the
______ encloses the heart.
a. Peritoneum
b. Diaphragm
c. Eustachian
d. Pericardium
9. The _______ are responsible for the exchange of nutrients and
waste products between tissues and blood.
a. Veins
b. Arteries
c. Capillaries
d. Atria
10. An _______ is a type of muscle which straightens a joint,
while a _______ bends the joint.
a. Flexor, Abductor
b. Adductor, Extensor
c. Adductor, Abductor d.
Extensor, Flexor
11. The ________ connects the middle ear with the pharynx, helping
to relieve pressure on the tympanum, maintaining equilibrium.
a. Eustachian tube
b. Cochlea
c. Semicircular canals
d. External auditory meatus
12. Which of the following structures is not one of the ossicles?
a. Incus b.
Malleus
c. Stapes d. Tympanum
13. The _______ carry impulses (or information) to the spinal
column.
a. Motor nerve fibers
b. Sensory nerve fibers
c. Parasympathetic nerve fibers
d. Metencephalon
14. The cerebellum is located in which region of the frog brain?
a. Telencephalon
b. Mesencephalon
c. Diencephalon
d. Myelencephalon
15. Which of the following is not considered one of the major masses
(regions) of the mammalian brain?
a. Cerebrum
b. Fascia
c. Cerebellum
d. Brain stem
16. The _____regulates the size of the pupil, determining how
much light passes into the eye.
a. Cornea b.
Lens
c. Sclera
d. Iris
17. Which of the poles in a zygote produces food for the embryo?
a. Vegetal b.
Animal
18. Photoreceptors (rods and cones) can be found in which layer
of the eye?
a. Vitreous humor
b. Sclera
c. Choroid
d. Retina
19. Which of the germ layers lines the gut (and later items like
the intestines)?
a. Mesoderm
b. Ectoderm
c. Endoderm
d. Neurectoderm
20. The central nervous system begins as the ______ in the embryo.
a. Neural groove
b. Blastopore
c. Neurula
d. Neural tube
21. In an embryo, the________ are segments later used to form
muscle, bone and the dermis.
a. Fasciculus
b. Arachnoid
c. Gastrula
d. Somites
22. In advanced vertebrates, the ventral cavity (front of body)
has been subdivided into two
regions. Which of the following
are those regions?
a. Thoracic, abdomino-pelvic
b. Thoracic, pericardial
c. Pleuroperitoneal, pericardial
d. Abdomino-pelvic, pleuroperitoneal
23. In organisms that produce little or no yolk, cleavage results
in equal sized cells called ______?
a. Blastomeres
b. Micromeres and Macromeres
c. Isomeres
d. Vegomeres
24. Which of the meninges (membranes) wraps around (or is said
to be in close association with)
the neural tissue?
a. Dura mater
b. Olecranon process
c. Pia mater
d. Arachnoid
25. The caudal vertebrae in birds are known as the _______.
a. Urostyle
b. Coccyx
c. Occipital
d. Pygostyle
26. Which of the following make up the appendicular skeleton?
a. Skull and Girdles
b. Skull and Vertebral column
c. Girdles and Vertebral column
d. Vertebral column and Appendages
e. Girdles and Appendages
27. The portion of the circulatory system that appears to begin
at the liver and runs through the
abdominal cavity (laying on top
of the organs) is called the __________.
a. Dorsal aorta
b. Systemic artery
c. Ventral abdominal vein
d. Central linear capillary array
28. Visual messages leave eye for the brain via the ______.
a. Optic nerve
b. Olfactory nerve
c. Cranial nerve d.
Auditory nerve
29. The ________ is a region of the gastrula whose name translates
into "old intestine."
a. Micromere
b. Archenteron (or primitive gut)
c. Neurula
d. Yolk plug
30. The region of the ear from the pinna to the tympanic membrane
is considered to be the ____.
a. Inner ear b.
Eustachian tube
c. Outer ear d.
Middle ear
For the following questions, refer to the drawing at the bottom of the page for assistance.
31. The ________ is the valve separating the right atrium from
the right ventricle in the heart.
a. Pulmonary semi-lunar
b. Tricuspid (right atrial-ventricular)
b. Bicuspid (left atrial-ventricular)
d. Aortic semi-lunar
32. In mammals, the ________ bring deoxygenated blood into the
right atrium.
a. Aorta
b. Bicuspid
c. Pulmonary semilunar d.
Vena cava
33. Looking at the drawing of the heart, the oxygenated blood
returns to the heart via the ______ and fills the _______.
a. Superior vena cava, right ventricle b. Aortic
arch, left ventricle
c. Pulmonary veins, left atria
d. Pulmonary artery (trunk), left ventricle
BONUS QUESTIONS
1. Give the entire route blood takes through the heart—everything
except the valves!!!
* I want to know what brings blood into the heart, route to lungs,
back into the heart and out to the body. You don’t
have to list the arteries that take blood to the body.
2. What part of the eye reflects light back through the retina,
allowing nocturnal animals to see very well at night? Hint:
it causes “eye shine”