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Question 1

What are nerve cells called ?

Answer 1

Neurons

Question 2

The brain and spinal cord make up the _________ nervous system .

Answer 2

Central

Question 3

The autonomic nervous system controls body functions like heartbeat, breathing & digestion . What type of body functions are these ?

Answer 3

Involuntary

Question 4

This gland is also referred to as the “master gland”

Answer 4

Pituitary

Question 5

What two references are used when planning the size of animal caging .?

Answer 5

ILAR Guide for the Care & use of Laboratory Animals and the Animal Welfare Regulations

Question 6

Besides insulin, what hormone is produced by the pancreas to help regulate blood glucose ?

Answer 6

Glucagon

Question 7

Nephrons are the basic functional unit of which organ ?

Answer 7

Kidney

Question 8

This term is used to describe the process of giving birth .

Answer 8

Parturition

Question 9

The CDC created how many bio safety levels ?

Answer 9

4

Question 10

The Animal Welfare Act mandates environmental enrichment for which two lab animal species ?

Answer 10

Nonhuman primates & dogs

Question 11

What system of the body is affected my Mycoplamosis ?

Answer 11

Respiratory system

Question 12

What term describes animals housed without special precautions to prevent disease transmission ?

Answer 12

Conventional

Question 13

What term refers to animals with a known microbial flora ?

Answer 13

Gnotobiotic

Question 14

What bacterium usually causes no clinical signs in rabbits , but can cause severe disease in guinea pigs ?

Answer 14

Bordetella bronchiseptica

Question 15

What virus causes only mouth blisters in squirrel monkeys but is fatal in owl monkeys

Answer 15

Herpes tamarinus

Question 16

Are animals in quarantine handled first or last in the day ?

Answer 16

Last

Question 17

True or False : the conditioning period always follows the quarantine period for newly arrived animals .

Answer 17

False, it frequently coincides but may also occur after

Question 18

Transmission of a disease from parent to offspring in utero is called ?

Answer 18

Vertical transmission

Question 19

Transmission of disease agents between cage mates is called ?

Answer 19

Horizontal transmission

Question 20

A ______ disease is a condition with which the animal is born .

Answer 20

Congenital