ANS 001 - INTRODUCTION TO ANIMAL SCIENCE

CLASS ACTIVITY (245 points)

Name: _________________ Date Submitted: ___________

THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

INTRUCTION: Using this format, answer the following questions below. Encode your answers to
the following questions using Arial 11 font style and size. In each item/question, include
the reference cited or the source of information. No reference cited, NO POINTS. To
answer each question, use a PUBLISHED article in PDF format to acquire full names of
authors. Reference cited/source such as those which starts with www.blogspot.com or
“https://...” will not be considered. Include the full citation or reference at the end part of
your final output.

QUESTIONS:
1. Define the cardiovascular system (5 pts.)
2. What is the importance of understanding the cardiovascular system (10 pts.)
3. Enumerate the main components of the cardiovascular system. Define or describe
each component and discuss its function (60 pts.)
4. Draw a typical mammalian heart and label properly (20 pts.)
(When printing your semi-final output, leave a space for your drawing. Avoid pasting or
attaching any document on this file).
5. Illustrate and discuss the normal blood flow (20 pts.) (Drawing and discussion. Follow
the instruction in question #4.
6. Fill in the blanks: (40 pts.)
Table 1. Normal pulse rate of farm animals and common location of the artery
where pulse rate can be felt.
Farm Normal pulse rate Reference Pulse rate may be Reference
animal (average pulse rate cited taken by feeling cited
per minute) the artery of the
following animals:

Cattle

Carabao

Horse

Goat

Sheep

Chicken

Duck

Quail

Turkey

Ostrich

7. Differentiate the heart of the following animals: (50 pts.)

a) Poultry animals: Chicken, duck, quail, ostrich
b) Pig
c) Cattle
d) Carabao
e) Horse
f) sheep and goat
 8. What is the normal volume of blood of the following animals: (20 pts.)
g) Poultry animals: Chicken, duck, quail, ostrich
h) Pig
i) Cattle
j) Carabao
k) Horse
l) sheep and goat

REFERENCES (20 pts.)

The references you use in answering the assessment questions must be listed in this section.
Arrange alphabetically.

For example in the reference cited below:

Sanjee, S.A and M.E. Karim. 2016. Microbiological quality assessment of frozen fish and fish
processing materials from Bangladesh. International Journal of Food Science,
8605689,pp1-6.

The details of the APA format must be found:

Authors: Sanjee, S.A and M.E. Karim
Year of publication of article: 2016
Title of article: Microbiological quality assessment of frozen fish and fish processing materials
from Bangladesh.
Journal where the article was published: International Journal of Food Science,
8605689,pp1-6.