PROTECTION, SUPPORT AND MOVEMENT

Zoo301

MCQS from 1 to 20 lectures

Prepared by VU Literature & Education Department

1) : A thing having all the properties of life i.e. Nutrition and digestion
respiration, excretion, body fluid regulation, reproduction and
development etc is known as

Answer: Animal

2.... is based on the idea that a system cannot be fully understood

without comparing it with the systems in different animals.

Answer: Comparative perspective

3. Integumentary system In Protozoa protection is occur by

………system?

Answer: Integumentary system

4) In Vertebrates Support occur by …….

Answer: skeletal system Hydrostatic skeleton Exoskeleton Endoskeleton

Movement:

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5) In Protozoa ……is the external covering of the animal.

Answer: Integument

6) Integument protects the animals from …. and ……….. injury.

Answer: mechanical & chemical

7) It protects the animal from the….. of microbes.

Answer: invasion

8) ……is also responsible for the conversion of sunlight into Vitamin D

Answer: Integument

9) Integumentary System of Multicellular Invertebrates Epidermis have

….of columnar cells

Answer: single layer

10) ….. may be thin or elastic as in rotifers or thick and rigid as in

crustaceans and insects.

Answer: .Cuticle

11) Calcium Carbonate Shell present in

Answer: in Cnidarians (corals)

12) …… IS a complex syncytium, found in parasitic flukes and

tapeworms.

Answer: Tegument:

13) ……. most complex integument found in Arthropods

ANSWER: Exoskeleton

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14) Jawless fishes include ……

Answer: Lampreys and Hagfishes.

5) In Hagfishes, slime is secreted by ……..and covers the body surface.

Answer: Multicellular epidermal glands

16) Skin of Cartilaginous fishes (sharks) is …..and contains mucous cells

and sensory cells.

Answer: multilayered

17) Dermis contains small placoid scales in the form of denticles similar
to vertebrate teeth.

Answer: placoid scales

18) Integumentary system of bony fishes Bony fishes (teleosts) contain

…..

Answer: dermal scales.

19) The dermal tissue is covered over by…..?

Answer: epidermis.

20) Growth lines thus developed are useful to determine the ….of the
fish. The skin of the bony fishes is permeable to gases

Ans: age

21) . The dermis is richly supplied with blood to facilitate in …

Answer: respiration.

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22) The epidermis also contains mucous glands, prevents the fish
from….? Answer: infection.

23) In some species the mucus contains….. ?

Answer: poisonous alkaloids.

24) ‘ Deep water fishes have …….that help lures and warnings

Answer: rhodophores

25) How many layers of Skin of Amphibians, Skin of Reptiles Amphibian

..

Two

i) Epidermis ii) Dermis Epidermis is stratified.

26) Dermis is thick layer containing,……..layer, mucous & serous
glands.
Answer: , pigment layer
27) During evolution keratin production increased in outer layers
of the amphibian skin.
Answer: keratin
28) In reptiles, Epidermis is thick, outer most layer is….?
Answer: stratum corneum
29) Molting or shedding of skin also occurs in reptiles e.g. snakes.
Answer: reptiles
30) The skin of reptiles reflects their greater commitment to a
….?
Answer: terrestrial existence.
31) Skin of birds show many reptilian features with no epidermal
glands except …..?

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 Answer: uropygial or preening gland.
32) pidermis in birds is thin having ……cell layers.
Answer: two to three
33) …….are the most prominent epidermal derivatives in birs.
Answer: Feathers
34)Feathers are important in ……regulation, flying and behavior.
Answer: thermal
35) Notable features of mammalian skin are…
Epidermis 2. Epidermal glands. 3. Hair 4. Dermis Rapid cell
division occurs in the deeper parts of epidermis.

36) The….. is the first line of defense against toxins and microbes,
in mammals

Answer: stratum corneum

37) …..is the thicker portion of mammalian skin. It contains blood

vessels, lymphatic vessels, nerve endings, hair follicles, small
muscles and glands.

Answer: Dermis

38) The Hypodermis loose connective tissue, adipose tissue, and

skeletal muscles are present in which layer of dermis in
mammals’?

Answer: Hypodermis

39) Skin is an important sense organ containing …….for heat, cold,

pressure and pain.

Answer: sensory receptors

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 40) Mammalian Skin Glands inclues……./

Answer: Sudoriferous glands (sweat glands)….. glands secrete

sebum Sebum is a: i) Lubricant, ii) Skin-softening agent and iii)
Also acts as a pheromone.

41) sweat glands are known as …..?

Answer: Sudoriferous glands

42) Pigmentation of the skin caused by Chromatophores in

human skin is …

Answer: Melanin

43) Hair is composed of ……that develop from epidermis in

mammlas

Answer: keratin-filled cells

44)Arrector pili muscles are attached to the … surrounding the

hair follicle.

Answer: connective tissue

45) On contraction of pili muscles the hair gets erect. This

condition is called “………” in human.

Answer: Goose hump

46) . Nail, is one of the characters of …..?

Answer: Pimates.

47) like hair, nails are the modifications of …….

Answer: epidermis.
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48) …….are keratinized derivatives of mammalian skin. (Horns are not
to be confuse: Horns

49) With respect to support, how many kinds of skeleton in organisms?

kind of skeletons: 1. Hydrostatic 2. Exoskeleton 3. Endoskeleton

50) Muscle cells Earthworm: Longitudinal and circular muscles contract

alternately creating a rhythm that moves the

Answer: earthworm.

51) …….is a rigid external frame-work of the body. Functions: • Provides

site for muscle attachment.

Answer: Exoskeleton

52) …… Prevents internal soft tissues from drying out.

Answer: Exoskeleton

53) Cuticle in arthropods …..the body.

Answer: waterproofs

54) …… limits the animal growth.

Answer: waterproofs

55) At wing joints, a protein, …..stores energy on compression and then

releases energy to produce movement, in arthropods.

Answer: , resilin

56) Endoskeleton is the ……framework of the body.

Answer: internal

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57) There are About two-third of the living species that contain
……tissues are invertebrates.

Answer: mineralized

58) Skeletal System of Vertebrates is an endoskeleton……. by other

tissues.

Answer: enclosed

59) The endoskeleton consists of ….

Answer: cartilage and bone.

60) Cartilage is a specialized type of …..that provides support.

Answer: connective tissue

61) ……..Site for muscle attachment.

Answer: Cartilage

62) Cartilage consists of how many things?

1. Cells (chondrocytes) 2. Fibers 3. Cellular matrix Bone or Osseous.

…..Store reserves calcium and phosphate
Answer: Bone
63) Manufactures blood cells Manufactures by ……?
Answer: bone
64) Bone cells also called ……are located in minute chambers called
lacunae, which are arranged in concentric rings around the osteonic
canals.
Answer: osteocytes
65) Osteocytes communicate with nearby cells through small
channels called …..?
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 Answer: canaliculated.
66) Amphibians needed support to replace …..?
Answer: buoyancy.

67) The adaptations in amphibians for support on land are

Intervertebral discs Rigid bony skeleton

68) ….is the act of changing location from one place to another

Answer: Movement

69) Non Muscular movements in Protozoan’s are by means of

Answer: Pseudopodia, Flagella and Cilia In amoeboid movement,

70) Structurally, cilia and flagella are …..?

Answer: similar.

71) The cilia are shorter and numerous than….?

Answer: flagella

72) flagella are long and occur

Answer: singly or in pairs

73) Cilia and flagella occur in every animal phyla except….?

Answer: Arthropoda.

74) Ciliary movements are well…?

Answer: coordinated,

75) Rows of cilia beat …..With one another with the result waves
periodically pass over the surface.

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Answer: out of phase

•76) Direction of movement is brought about by beating the cilia in….?

Answer: reverse direction.

77) Smooth muscles are …?

Answer: involuntary.

78) Smooth muscles are ….& spindle shaped.

Answer: uni-nucleated

79) Adductor muscles in clams and bivalves. Is an example of …?

Answer: Smooth muscles

80) Cardiac muscles fibers are…..

Answer: involuntary.

81) Cardiac muscles fibers are …… and have single nucleus. Answer:
Striated

82) Cardiac muscles fibers the branching allows the fibers to ….for
greater strength during contraction. Answer: interlock

83) Skeletal muscle cells or fibers are …and striated.

Answer: multinucleated

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