ANTH 05; Exam 2; Jeopardy Questions

The dental formula of Catarrhini primates.

- 2:1:2:3

What is thoracic vertebrae?

- This vertebral category is comprised of 12 bones

What is a tarsier?

- I like to vertically leap through trees and have large, immovable eyes.

Hominidae

- If a primate has Y-5 molars, it is either a member of the family Hylobatidae or this family, which includes gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, bonobos, and humans.

Dental comb

- If you checked out the teeth of a lemur or loris, you would notice this unique dental feature that sets these creatures apart from anthropoid primates; a dental structure found in some mammals, comprising a group of front teeth arranged in a manner that facilitates grooming, similar to a hair comb

What is a tail?

- Most monkeys have this appendage, but apes do not

Diurnal (opposite of nocturnal)

- Most primates are this, meaning they are active mostly during the daytime

Superior

- Nearer to the head

What is distal?

- Farthest from point of origin

What are the functions of the skeleton?

- Support, protection, RBC production, mineral store

Folivore

- A human who only eats plant-based foods can be called a vegan, but a primate who eats a diet of leaves is referred to using this dietary term; foliage

What are Old World monkeys?

- Baboons and macaques are known as this type of monkey that also denotes the region of the world where they are found.

What is the pelvic girdle?

- Made up of the Ilium, ischium, and pubic

What is Catarrhini? (In Ancient Greek, platu-, "flat", and rhin-, "nose"; kata-, "down", and rhin-, "nose")

- Old World monkeys have narrow noses with nostrils that are close together and face downward, so it might not come as a surprise that they are part of this parvorder whose name refers to this nasal shape.

What are the atelidae?

- Primates in my family have a prehensile tail.

What is the sternum?

- The manubrium and the xiphoid process are parts of this bone in the thorax

Haplorrhini

- The suborder Strepsirrhini includes lemurs and lorises, but tarsiers, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and apes are part of this suborder.

What is the ulna?

- This bone makes up the forearm together with the radius

What is the sagittal suture?

- This feature unites the parietal bones of the skull

What is the foramen magnum?

- This is the large hole at the inferior aspect of the skull

Pygmy marmosets

- This member of the family Callitrichidae is one of the smallest primates in the world and eats mostly tree gums.

What is a post-orbital bar?

- This skeletal trait distinguishes Strepsirrhini primates from all other primates.

3 types of bones found in the hand and wrist

- carpals, metacarpals, and phalanges

What is polygyny?

- A social group with multiple females and one male.

Brachiation

- This type of arboreal locomotion is how gibbons move around; arm swinging, is a form of arboreal locomotion in which primates swing from tree limb to tree limb using only their arms