Vocab

Question 1

Abrupto placenta

Answer 1

The premature separation of the placenta from the uterus usually present with bleeding, contractions, and fetal distress.

Question 2

Altricial

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Requiring significant parental care to move or feed following birth or hatching; a characteristic of a species (e.g. mice, panda, naked mole rat)

Question 3

Alveoli

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Lungs-spot where gas exchange takes place with capillaries.

Question 4

Alveolus

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Socket or hole the tooth sits in.

Question 5

Anorexia

Answer 5

A failure to eat, or refusal of food.

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Aquatic

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Swims

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Arboreal

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Living in or among trees

Question 8

Astragalus

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(Talus in humans) is another important bone of the tarsus; it lies between the calcaneum and tibia.

Question 9

Baculum

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A bone inside the penis of most mammals that helps to stiffen it to aid in intercourse, slid into place from the abdomen through specific muscles; also known as os penis

Question 10

Brachiation

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Hand over hand locomotion through the trees. Primates shoulder joints allow a high degree of movement, thus accommodating this behavior

Question 11

Calcaneus

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The largest tarsal bone (big heel bone)

Question 12

Calorie

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(Joule) a unit of energy. One calorie equals 4.184 joules (J); one joule equals 0.239 calories. Energy in food is often expressed as calories (cal) or kilocalories (kcal) per gram of food or per day.

Question 13

Carnassial

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Shearing tooth (scissors)

Question 14

Carnivore

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An organism adapted to eat flesh and other whole or parts of animals.

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Cementum

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The “stuff” that holds the tooth in the jaw.

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Cursorial

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Adapted to run, typically for long distances at high speeds ( horses)

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Cranium

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Skull

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Cynodont

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“Dog toothed” all mammals came from this group (Triassic period)

Question 19

Dermis

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Mostly connective tissue, contains blood vessels, sweat glands, hair, one or more sebaceous glands that empty into the hair follicles, muscle for hair, nerves, and sweat glands.

Question 20

Diastema

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Gap between the front teeth and cheek of an animal. A defining characteristic of rodents and hoof stock.

Question 21

Digitigrade

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Walking on its toes not touching the ground with its heels.

Question 22

Domestication

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To accustom a species to living in close proximity with people through generations of selective breeding

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Dystocia

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Difficulty during parturition (giving birth)

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Ectoparasite

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A parasite (such as a flea) that lives on the exterior of another organism

Question 25

Epidermis

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Composed of epithelium, also found on inside of organs, passageways, etc. The outer layer is dead cells that are continually sloughed.

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Facultative

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Characterized by a behavior that is optimal or not required. A facultative carnivore is an animal (e.g. wolf) that eats meat but can also consume plant material.

Question 27

Feral

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Pertaining to a domestic animal that has reverted to a wild ( untamed) state.

Question 28

Foramen

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Any naturally occurring hole in the bone.

Question 29

Foramen magnum

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Hole in the skull for the spinal cord.

Question 30

Fossorial

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Adapted to living underground.

Question 31

Gametes

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A mature reproductive cell, such as a spermatozoon or ovum.