SIHS Vet Assisting - Test #1

Which of the following hormones is released when dogs fight or feel threatened?

Epinephrine

In the late nineteenth century, who experimented on dogs to evaluate their "conditioned" responses, like salivation? *

Ivan Pavlov

Which of the following make up the small intestine? * - Duodenum - All of these - Jejunum - Ileum

- All of these

Keratin is found in which of the following locations? * /Hooves /All of the answer choices /Hair /Feathers

/All of the answer choices

Which of the following are parts of the small intestine? * =All of these =Jejunum =Duodenum =Ileum

=All of these

The wall separating the left side of the heart from the right side is the * A) None of these B) Atrium C) Bronchus D) Sulcus

A) None of these

Which of the following administers licenses and registration to research facilities? *

APHIS

Which stomach compartment of ruminants is considered to be the true "stomach?" *

Abomasum

Which of the following is NOT an example of common practices for law enforcement in regards to animals? *

Allowing the ownership of poisonous or dangerous animals

Which of the following was signed into effect in 1966 seeking to regulate who may possess or sell certain animals and to regulate animal living conditions? *

Animal Welfare act

Who was the first to divide organisms into two groups - plants and animals?

Aristotle

Which part of the skin houses the hair follicles? *

Dermis

Which of the following are proteins produced by living organisms and which function as catalysts? *

Enzymes

Which of the following controls walking? *

Genetics

Which of the following explains the reason for rapid learning which occurs during a brief receptive period, often right after birth or hatching? *

Imprinting

Which act prohibits the illegal trade of any fish or wild animals which were taken, possessed, transported or sold in violation of any law, treaty or regulation of the United States? *

Lacey Act

Which animal rights activist protested animal cruelty and research in "A Dog's Tale"? *

Mark Twain

Which structure holds the chordae tendineae to the interior walls of the heart? *

Papillary muscles

Which structure governs the passage of food material into the small intestine? *

Pylorus or pyloric valve

Which of the following causes animals to communicate through the ground or other foundation? *

Substratum

Arteries carry blood away from the heart. *

True

Smooth muscles are involuntary. *

True

Which of the following is NOT an anatomical location term? *

Vibrissae

Which of the following is the transplantation of living tissue from one species to another? *

Xenograft

Which of the following animals are ruminants? * a) all of these b) sheep c) deer d) cattle

a) all of these

Surgical procedures were often first studied on which animal? *

dog

Which of the following is not a type of bone in dogs and cats? *

round