Vocabulary

Question 1

The inside layer or core of each tooth. It contains connective tissue, blood vessels and nerves

Answer 1

Pulp

Question 2

Temporary or baby teeth

Answer 2

Desiduous

Question 3

The typical number of each type of tooth found in the upper and lower arcades of an animal’s mouth

Answer 3

Dental formula

Question 4

Animal with more than one stomach that swallows food and brings it back up again to continue chewing it

Answer 4

Ruminate

Question 5

Small projections on the surface of the tongue that help control food. In cats there also used for grooming

Answer 5

Papillae

Question 6

The process of muscles contracting and relaxing. In the esophagus, it pushes food from the pharynx to the stomach. In the ureter, it empties into the bladder

Answer 6

Peristalsis

Question 7

A condition in which muscles of the esophagus fail to contract

Answer 7

Megaesophagus

Question 8

Part of the digestive process for non ruminants. When food enters the stomach, it’s exposed to digestive enzymes and hydrochloric acid

Answer 8

Gastric juice

Question 9

Located on the mucosa of the small intestine, interspersed with entrocytes; Goblet cells secretes mucus to lubricate the intestine and the food contained within it

Answer 9

Goblet cells

Question 10

Proteins essential to the chemical digestion of food. Produced by glandular tissue including the salivary glands, stomach, and testing, and accessory organs, such as the pancreas

Answer 10

Enzymes

Question 11

Organ that aids in the digestive process; compose mostly of clumps of glandular secretary tissue and tubules carrying the pancreatic digestive secretions to the small intestine

Answer 11

Pancreas

Question 12

Stored in liver cells; acts as an energy supply when blood sugar levels become low

Answer 12

Glycogen

Question 13

The cell division of reproductive cells. The result of meiosis is the formation of gametes or spermatazoa in males and ova in females

Answer 13

Meiosis

Question 14

Process that result in the formation of the ova

Answer 14

Oogenesis

Question 15

A muscular tube that connects the epididymis in the testes to the urethra in the male reproductive system

Answer 15

Vas deferens

Question 16

Species that release many ova from each activated ovarian follicle

Answer 16

Multiparous

Question 17

The time from the beginning of one reproductive of cycle to the next

Answer 17

Estrous cycle

Question 18

The indentation on every kidney where the blood vessels enter and the ureter exits

Answer 18

Renal hilus

Question 19

The outer course layer of renal tissue

Answer 19

Cortex

Question 20

The kidney’s inner core that contains many microscopic tubules arranged in a parallel manner

Answer 20

Medulla

Question 21

Located inside the kidney’s medulla; where the tubules of the medulla empty urine

Answer 21

Renal pelvis

Question 22

Distention of the kidney

Answer 22

Hydronephrosis

Question 23

The functional unit of the kidney that consists of glomerulus and the associated Bowman’s capsule, renal tubules and blood vessels

Answer 23

Nephron

Question 24

Balance of the internal environment within the body

Answer 24

Homeostasis

Question 25

The liquid that’s the result of the initial glomerular filtration. This filtrate collects in the space within the Bowman’s capsule where it begins to journey down the tubiles

Answer 25

Glomerular filtrate

Question 26

Measurement of renal blood flow and the ability of the kidneys to filter blood

Answer 26

Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR)

Question 27

Also called vasospressin; secreted by the posterior pituitary gland if the body needs to conserve water

Answer 27

Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)

Question 28

Hormones are created by the adrenal gland. The net effect of aldosterone is the conservation of sodium and the elimination of potassium

Answer 28

Aldosterone