Animal Architecture

Question 1

Cnidarians are characterized by a _________ grade of organization.

Answer 1

cell-tissue

Question 2

The majority of organisms exhibit the ________ grade of organization.

Answer 2

organ system

Question 3

Larger size attained by more evolutionarily advanced organisms prevented effective

Answer 3

respiration by cells deep within a body

Question 4

The study of tissues is known as

Answer 4

histology

Question 5

Which of the following is not one of the four types of tissues?

Answer 5

mesodermal

Question 6

The fibers of connective tissue are embedded in the matrix, which is also known as

Answer 6

ground substance

Question 7

Which of the following is not a characteristic of connective tissue?

Answer 7

basement membrane

Question 8

Epithelium may be modified to form

Answer 8

glands

Question 9

Bilateral symmetry is associated with ____, localization of sensory structures in a distinct head region.

Answer 9

cephalization

Question 10

Blood, lymph, and tissue fluid are classified as _________ tissue.

Answer 10

vascular

Question 11

Fluid within a cell is known as the

Answer 11

intracellular fluid

Question 12

A fibrous protein that is particularly abundant in many types of connective tissues is

Answer 12

collagen

Question 13

Which of the following is a pseudocoelomate animal?

Answer 13

nematode

Question 14

Larger animals use more energy, scaled to body weight, than a small animal for locomotion.

Answer 14

false

Question 15

At the base of an epithelial tissue is the basement membrane.

Answer 15

true

Question 16

Vertebrates have only two types of striated muscle; skeletal and smooth.

Answer 16

false

Question 17

You are a metazoan.

Answer 17

true

Question 18

Stratified epithelia are typically only found in vertebrate animals

Answer 18

true

Question 19

If you get a paper cut, and it bleeds, you must have cut through the epidermis into the underlying tissues.

Answer 19

true

Question 20

Sea Walnuts(ctenophores) may be described as biradial symmetry because their bodies are mostly radial in form, but have paired tentacles.

Answer 20

true

Question 21

Terms which best describe your nose would be anterior, ventral, and medial,

Answer 21

true

Question 22

If a section of an animal was made such that it is cut into ventral and dorsal halves, this would be a frontal section.

Answer 22

true

Question 23

Animals that possess a true coelom have a body cavity lined completely with mesoderm.

Answer 23

true

Question 24

In animals with enterocoelous development, the coelom comes from pouches of the archenteron.

Answer 24

true

Question 25

Another term for metamere is coelom.

Answer 25

false

Question 26

Stratified columnar epithelium lines the gut, and is specialized for absorbing nutrients.

Answer 26

false

Question 27

Transitional epithelium is a type of stratified epithelium, and is found in the urinary tract of vertebrates.

Answer 27

false

Question 28

Organisms that can be divided along the sagital line into left and right halves that are mirror images are said to have ______ symmetry

Answer 28

bilateral

Question 29

Those parts of the body that are farther rom the middle of the body are said to be _____

Answer 29

distal

Question 30

Which of the following is not characteristic of protostomes?

Answer 30

radial cleavage

Question 31

Which of the following lacks mesoderm?

Answer 31

primarily radiate animals

Question 32

The ____ plane is the imaginary plane dividing a bilateral organism into left and right halves.

Answer 32

sagittal