Cat Review Questions

Question 1

What contains the vocal cords?

Answer 1

The larynx

Question 2

What tube is surrounded by cartilage rings? What type of cartilage is it?

Answer 2

The trachea. These rings are made of hyaline cartilage.

Question 3

What is the first portion of the sm. intestine as it extends from the stomach?

Answer 3

The duodenum

Question 4

What is the terminal portion of the large intestine?

Answer 4

The rectum

Question 5

What is the digestive organ between the esophagus and the small intestine?

Answer 5

The stomach

Question 6

What is located inferior to the diaphragm and is the largest organ in the body?

Answer 6

The liver

Question 7

What is responsible for purifying blood and making white blood cells?

Answer 7

Spleen (immune system)

Question 8

What gland regulates metabolism?

Answer 8

Thyroid gland

Question 9

What organs secrete digestive enzymes into the duodenum?

Answer 9

Pancreas, Liver, & Gallbladder

Question 10

What structures absorb water?

Answer 10

Large intestine (Colon) & Small intestine

Question 11

What organ maintains homeostasis of blood by removing toxins and produces bile?

Answer 11

Liver

Question 12

Is the esophagus anterior or posterior to the trachea?

Answer 12

The esophagus is posterior (behind) the trachea

Question 13

Hepatic refers to what?

Answer 13

Hepatic refers to anything related to the liver.

Question 14

Renal refers to what?

Answer 14

Renal refers to anything related to the kidneys.

Question 15

What glands rest upon the kidneys and secrete adrenaline?

Answer 15

Adrenal glands

Question 16

What organ maintains salt and water concentrations in the blood and filters out nitrogenous waste?

Answer 16

Kidneys

Question 17

What secretion increases pulse rate, blood pressure, heart rate and dilates the eyes?

Answer 17

Adrenaline

Question 18

What is the hollow muscular organ that a fetus develops in?

Answer 18

uterus

Question 19

What glands open into the urethra to neutralize it?

Answer 19

The prostate gland and bulbourethral glands

Question 20

What organ secretes insulin and what does insulin do?

Answer 20

The pancreas.
* helps lower blood sugar by letting the body use or store the glucose (sugar) from food.

Question 21

What tube in the male is part of the reproductive and urinary systems?

Answer 21

The urethra

Question 22

What does the gallbladder store?

Answer 22

The gallbladder stores bile

Question 23

What is the tube from the kidney to the urinary bladder?

Answer 23

The ureter

Question 24

What do salivary glands break down?

Answer 24

Salivary glands in a cat break down starches.

Question 25

What structure is also known as the windpipe?

Answer 25

The trachea

Question 26

What structure stores sperm until they are mature?

Answer 26

The epididymis

Question 27

An animal with 2 uterine horns is known as a what? How is this beneficial to the animal?

Answer 27

An animal with 2 uterine horns is known as a bicornuate uterus. * It allows the cat to carry more than one fetus at a time, increasing the number of kittens in each litter.

Question 28

Get an egg & sperm from the site of production out of the body, be sure to include all structures passed through.

Answer 28

**Egg (Ovum)**: * Produced in the ovaries. * Travels through the oviduct (fallopian tube). * Reaches the uterus if fertilized (or expelled if not). **Sperm:** * Produced in the testes. * Stored in the epididymis. * Moves through the vas deferens. * Passes through the urethra during ejaculation.

Question 29

What are the differences between the feline and human female reproductive systems?

Answer 29

A cat has a zonary placenta whereas a human has a discoid placenta. The human has a simplex uterus whereas the cat has a bicornuate.

Question 30

What are villi and what structures studied have them? What type of tissue will have villi?

Answer 30

Small intestine & Epithelial tissue

Question 31

What structure studied will be made of ciliated epithelium?

Answer 31

The trachea (windpipe) and fallopian tube

Question 32

In what structures of the cat would we find transitional epithelium?

Answer 32

The bladder & The ureters

Question 33

What are some structures we observed in the cat that will have smooth muscle?

Answer 33

The stomach and intestines, The bladder, The uterus, & The blood vessels

Question 34

What special contact will be in high numbers in the urinary tract?

Answer 34

tight junctions

Question 35

What is the pathway for food through the alimentary canal?

Answer 35

Mouth -> esophagus -> stomach -> small intestine -> large intestine -> rectum -> anus

Question 36

What are some accessory organs of the digestive system?

Answer 36

Salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.

Question 37

What are sphincters? Name 3 that you had to find in the cat and state their location.

Answer 37

Ileo-cecal sphincter, pyloric sphincter, and anal sphincter.

Question 38

How is the pancreas both an endocrine and exocrine organ?

Answer 38

**Endocrine**: It secretes insulin and glucagon into the blood to regulate blood sugar levels. **Exocrine**: It produces digestive enzymes that are released into the small intestine to help break down food.

Question 39

What type of tissue is a serous membrane made of?

Answer 39

simple squamous epithelium.

Question 40

Which endocrine structure plays a big role in regulating all bodily reactions (metabolism)?

Answer 40

Thyroid gland

Question 41

What is the membrane that covers the lungs directly?

Answer 41

visceral pleura

Question 42

Passageways that conduct air for the respiratory system include all except...

Answer 42

esophagus

Question 43

Which organs listed are part of the endocrine system?

Answer 43

Thyroid gland, pancreas, adrenal glands, and pituitary gland

Question 44

What are two hormones produced by the pancreas & function?

Answer 44

**Insulin**: Lowers blood sugar by helping cells take in glucose for energy. **Glucagon**: Raises blood sugar by signaling the liver to release stored glucose.