Urogenital

Question 1

In a normal bovine pregnancy:

1. implantation begins with hatching of the blastocyst
2. the endometrial cells of the uterus form the trophoblast
3. the trophoblast is made up of a single fetal membrane
4. the trophoblast is not foetal tissue
5. the pregnant animal ovulates at regular intervals throughout pregnancy
6. maternal recognition takes place after luteolysis

Answer 1

1. implantation begins with hatching of the blastocyst

Question 2

Seminal plasma in the dog contains contributions from the cauda epididymidis and:

1. the vesicular glands and the prostate gland
2. there is no vesicular gland in a dog
3. the prostate gland
4. the vesicular glands and the bulbourethral glands
5. the prostate gland and the bulbourethral glands
6. vesicular glands

Answer 2

3. the prostate gland

Question 3

Fertilisation:

1. takes place in the isthmus of the oviduct
2. takes place in the ampulla of the oviduct
3. takes place in the uterus
4. takes place in the infundibulum of the oviduct
5. requires capacitated sperm
6. requires uncapacitated sperm

Answer 3

5. requires capacitated sperm

Question 4

All of the following statements about the dog are true except:

1. The dog has a muscular cavernous penis
2. The dog has seminal vesicles
3. The dog has a prostate
4. The dog does not have a bulbo-urethral gland
5. dogs only have a prostate gland
6. The dog has an Os penis

Answer 4

2. The dog has seminal vesicles

Question 5

The main source of progesterone throughout pregnancy is:

1. The CL in the mare
2. The CL in the cow
3. The CL in the sheep
4. The CL in the pig
5. The placenta in the goat

Answer 5

4. The CL in the pig

Question 6

During meiosis the male germ cells progress:

1. From spermatogonia, through spermatocytes to spermatid and to spermatozoa
2. From spermatocyte to spermatozoa
3. From spermatocyte to spermatid
4. From spermatid to spermatozoa
5. From spermatogonia to spermatocyte to spermatid

Answer 6

3. From spermatocyte to spermatid

Question 7

Which of the following months of the year would you most commonly expect mares in the UK to be cycling?

1. September-January
2. April-September
3. November-March
4. January-April
5. All months of year

Answer 7

2. April-September