Final Flashcards

(75 cards)

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What are the steps in scientific method?

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Hypothesis
Problem
Experiment
Observation
Conclusion
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What is a planned way to test a hypothesis and find out the answer to the problem statement?

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Experiment

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What is something in an experiment that changed?

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Variable

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What is visible or provable fact?

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Observation

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5
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What is it called when you think if animals as humans?

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Anthropomorphism

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Who are animal rights activists number one target?

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Farm animal agriculture

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What are characteristics of cells?

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Smallest unit of living system
Blueprints of how animal is put together
Vital to all life functions
Can change the physical form of the animal

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8
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Viruses can be as small as?

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20 nanometers

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Organelle that is responsible for holding all the genetic information of blueprints

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Nucleus

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10
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Help build proteins; organelle but doesn’t have a membrane

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Ribosomes

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Sort and package proteins from the ER

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Golgi Apparatus

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Site of ATP production from respiration and where food molecules are broken down to release energy

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Mitochondria

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Media for transporting intercellular substances, contains storage vacuoles and vesicles to store nutrients and waste, contains enzymes needed for metabolic reactions

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Cytoplasm

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14
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Determine the hereditary characteristics of animals; transmitted to the offspring from parents

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Genes

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15
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Contains 2 different genes for the same trait

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Heterozygous

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16
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Contains 2 identical genes for the same trait

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Homozygous

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17
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Location of a gene on the chromosome

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Allele

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18
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Genetic classification of a gene

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Genotype

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19
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The gene that is overshadowed by a dominant gene

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Recessive

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20
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Recessive genes attached to the X and Y chromosomes

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Sex-linked

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21
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Dramatically different from what is expected genetically

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Mutation

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22
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Mating purebreds with grade animals

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Upgrading

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23
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Both genes express themselves

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Incomplete dominance

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Consists of a body, cervix, and 2 horns

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Uterus

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Blister-like mass on the ovary containing a developing ovum; produces and stores estrogen
Follicle
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Attached to the endometrial lining of the uterus by tons if tiny villi; transfers blood, oxygen and nutrition to the unborn baby
Placenta
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Seals to prevent bacteria from entering repro. tract
Cervix
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External opening of the repro. and urinary systems
Vulva
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Two shell membranes are added here to the yolk and white in poultry
Isthmus
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Site of fertilization
Fallopian tubes
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Receives the semen during mating
Vagina
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Secrete the hormone estrogen; produces eggs or ova in females
Ovary
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The sensory and erectile organ of the female; located just inside the vulva
Clitoris
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Long, coiled tube that is connected to each testicle, sperm cells are stored here while they mature
Epididymis
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Both testicles do not descend from body cavity
Ridgling
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The tube that carries urine from the bladder
Urethra
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Heat regulating sac that holds the testes
Scrotum
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One testicle does not descend from the body cavity
Cryptorchid
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Divides the two sacs of the scrotum
Septum
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Produces a fluid that moves down the urethra ahead of the seminal fluid and cleans and neutralizes the urethra
Cowpers gland
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Deposits the semen with in the female reproductive tract
Penis
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Found in bulls, rams, and boars; extends the penis from the sheath
Sigmoid flexure
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Tubular fold of skin that houses the penis
Sheath
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Promotes lactation and stimulates the CL
Prolactin
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Develops and maintains accessory sex glands, stimulates secondary sex characteristics, regulates sexual behavior and sperm production
Testosterone
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Promotes female sexual behavior
Estrogen
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Induces ovulation; initiates changes in the follicle wall that causes it to weaken
LH
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Released into the blood stream near puberty and causes development of follicles on the ovary
FSH
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The semen tank keeps frozen at how many degrees Fahrenheit
-320
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The thaw box contains water heated to how many degrees Fahrenheit
95
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Semen can be left in the thaw box a minimum of how many seconds and how many minutes
30 seconds | 15 minutes
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What is placed over the straw and gun to protect the sperm; it is locked in place with a rubber o-ring
Sheath
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What is inserted into a goats vagina to open up the reproductive tract to locate the cervix
Speculum
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What is used to artificially inseminate a pig
Spiret
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What species does not superovulation not work in?
Mare
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How many eggs are harvested through superovulation done three times?
9-12
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How many days after superovulation do you AI?
5
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What is used to recover embryos from the donor cow?
Foley catheter
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What step happens after collection of embryos?
Isolation and classification
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What percent better is surgical transfer than non surgical transfer?
5%
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In surgical recover, how many days after estrus is recovery done?
6-9
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First part of small intestine
Duodenum
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Secreted in the liver and is stores in the gallbladder
Bike
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Middle part of the small intestine
Jejunum
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Last part of the small intestine
Ileum
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First part of the large intestine
Cecum
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Causes food to bypass the rumen and reticulum
Esophageal groove
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Second part of the birds stomach
Ventriculus
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Sphincter muscle located at the bottom of the stomach
Pylorus
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Sphincter muscle located at the junction of the esophagus and the stomach
Cardia
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Sugars and starches are examples of what nutrient?
Carbs
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Makes up largest part of most living things
Water
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Fiber is an example of what nutrient
Complex carbs
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Urea is an example of what nutrient
Protein
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Broad-spectrum do all of the following..
Better rate of gain, feed efficiency, and improved animal health