Practice Lab Exam

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

2:53 PM

BIOLOGY 4630 -- MAMMALOGY

SAMPLE LAB EXAM -- 23 March 2011
Student name _______________________________________ Student no. ______________________
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1. A. Name the labeled structures on the photograph of skin histology.

1 ______________________________________________________________________________
2 ______________________________________________________________________________
3 ______________________________________________________________________________
4 ______________________________________________________________________________

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 B-1. Common name of this Provincial species _____________________________________________
B-2. Describe colour pattern on a single dorsal hair (1 word) _________________________________

2. A-1.This is the hair of an albino lab rabbit. Draw the hair, and label hair structures that you see.

B-2. Is the hair pigmented? ____________________

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3. A. Common name of this Provincial species______________________________________________
B. Name four integumentary adaptations for aquatic life.
1 _________________________________________________________________________________
2 _________________________________________________________________________________
3 _________________________________________________________________________________
4 _________________________________________________________________________________

4. A. Common name of this specimen_____________________________________________________

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B. What are the marked structures composed of?

1 ___________________________________ 2 ____________________________________

C. Is anterior to the right or to the left ?

5. A. Scientific name of this specimen:

Genus__________________________ Species__________________________________________

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 B. Name three types of vibrissae visible on the specimen.
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2 _________________________________________________________________________________
3 _________________________________________________________________________________
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6. A. Name the structures and indicate which family they occur in. 3
Structure Family
1 ___________________________________ ____________________________________
2 ___________________________________ ____________________________________
3 ___________________________________ ____________________________________

7. A. Family name of this Provincial species ________________________________________________

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7. A. Family name of this Provincial species ________________________________________________
B. Name three integumentary adaptations for arboreality and volant locomotion.
1 ________________________________________________________________________________
2 ________________________________________________________________________________
3 ________________________________________________________________________________

8. A. Order name _____________________________________________________________________

B. Name the three main cusps on the last upper molar.

1 ___________________________________ 2 ____________________________________
3 ___________________________________

C. What term describes this kind of molar? _______________________________________________

9. What is the dental formula of this specimen?

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 10. What is the dental formula of this specimen?
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11. What is the dental formula of this specimen?

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 12. What is the dental formula of this specimen?
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13. What is the dental formula of this specimen?

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14. Check all terms that apply to the dentition.
bunodont ___ selenodont ___ hypsodont ___
heterodont ___ brachyodont___ homodont ___

15. Check all terms that apply to the dentition.

bunodont ___ selenodont ___ brachyodont ___
lophodont ___ creodont ___ carnassial ___

16. Check all terms that apply to the dentition.

bunodont ___ selenodont ___ brachyodont ___
lophodont ___ creodont ___ carnassial ___

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17. Name the marked structures.

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18. Name the marked structures.

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19. Name the marked structures.

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19. Label all of the following:

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21. What are the common names of these Newfoundland specimens? Native (“X”)?
Name? Native?
1 ______________________________________________________ _____
2 _______________________________________________________ _____
3_______________________________________________________ _____

22. What are the common names of these Newfoundland specimens? Native (“X”)?
Name? Native?
1 ______________________________________________________ _____
2 _______________________________________________________ _____
3_______________________________________________________ _____

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23. What are the common names of these Labrador specimens? Native (“X”)?
Name? Native?
1 ______________________________________________________ _____
2 _______________________________________________________ _____
3_______________________________________________________ _____

24. You find this bone on an Arctic Ocean beach. What is the species’ common name?
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25. You find this bone on an ocean beach. What taxon does it represent?
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