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
