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A & P Final
Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What happens when the diaphragm contracts | Size of the thoracic cavity increases |
| What produces the first heart sound | Closure of right & left AV valves |
| The valve between the right atrium & the right ventricle | Triscuspid valve |
| Exchange of oxygen & carbon dioxide between the alveoli & blood | External respiration |
| Organelle responsible for production of ATP | Mitochondria |
| Where striated muscle is located | Heart & skeletal muscles |
| Aqueous humor is secreted by | Ciliary body |
| Which structures act as light receptors | Rods & Cones |
| Large lymphoid that stores blood, no essential to life | Spleen |
| Type of placentation that a pregnant goat has | Cotyledonary |
| Lymphoid organ that is prominent in young animals only | Thymus |
| Scientific name for the white of the eye | Sclera |
| Where the eye converts light stimuli to nerve impulses | Retina |
| The portion of the retina that is not sensitive to light, the "blind spot" | Optic nerve (disc) |
| Portion of the ear essential for hearing and equilibrium | Inner ear |
| Structure in a newborn ruminant that allows milk to bypass the rumen and reticulum and go directly to the omasum | Esophageal groove |
| Primary function of the urinary system | Extraction of waste products from the blood |
| Term for he periodic elimination of excess gas from the ruminant forestomach | Eructation |
| Term for chewing of food | Mastication |
| Scientific term for emptying of the bladder | Micturition |
| Area of the kidney responsible for filtration | Glomerulus |
| What LH (leutinizing hormone) promotes the growth of | Corpus luteum |
| Structure that produces LH (leutinizing hormone) | Anterior pituitary |
| What is released when a follicle ruptures | An ovum |
| Term for the process by which ova are formed | Oogenesis |
| Hormone produced by the pancreas to decrease blood sugar levels | Insulin |
| Type of placentation a pregnant mare has | Diffuse |
| What gland regulates most of the endocrine system | Pituitary gland |