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1

How many phyla of multicellular animals do zoologists recognize today?
A)32
B)64
C)100
D)50
E)None of the above is correct
2

Which of the following is NOT a level of organization in organismal complexity?
A)Protoplasmic grade of organization
B)Cellular grade of organization
C)Cell-tissue grade of organization
D)Tissue-organ grade of organization
E)All of the above are considered to be levels of organization
3

Which of the following is NOT a connective tissue?
A)Blood
B)Bone
C)Cartilage
D)Cardiac muscle
E)All of the above are connective tissues
4

Skeletal muscle is distinguished from smooth muscle in that the former has striations
A)True
B)False
5

Which of the following is NOT a form of symmetry?
A)Spherical
B)Radial
C)Biradial
D)Bilateral
E)All of the above are forms of symmetry
6

Which of the following opposing pairs is mismatched?
A)Anterior-posterior
B)Dorsal—ventral
C)Distal—proximal
D)Medial—lateral
E)None of the above opposing pairs is mismatched
7

A true coelom differs from a pseudocoelom in that the former…
A)Has a lining of mesoderm
B)Has a lining of digitized metameric somites
C)Has a lining of schizocoelous amoeboid parenchyma
D)Is found only in vertebrates
E)None of the above is correct
8

Which of the following generally correlates with an increase in anatomical complexity?
A)An increase in body size
B)More effective predation
C)Reduced energy cost of locomotion
D)Improved homeostasis (e.g., temperature regulation)
E)All of the above correlate with an increase in anatomical complexity
9

During a dissection, a zoologist made a cut beginning with the dorsal surface and concluded between the pectoral and pelvic appendages on the ventral surface. This cut would be described as a cut through which plane?
A)Frontal
B)Sagittal
C)Transverse
D)Discoidal
E)Metamere
10

Jellyfishes are characterized by what grade of organization?
A)Cell-tissue
B)Tissue-organ
C)Organ-organ system
D)Cellular
E)None of the above is correct
11

The study of tissues is known as…
A)Etymology
B)Cytology
C)Pathology
D)Histology
E)Embryology
12

Epithelium may be modified to form…
A)Glands
B)Connective tissue
C)Lacunae
D)Ground substance
E)None of the above is correct
13

All types of epithelia are supported by an underlying basement membrane.
A)True
B)False
14

Epithelia are nourished by oxygen and nutrients diffusing from deeper tissues.
A)True
B)False
15

Classic exceptions to Cope’s rule are few, but insects are a large one.
A)True
B)False
16

Connective tissue cells are embedded in…
A)Ground substance
B)Collagen
C)Adipose
D)Epithelium
E)None of the above is correct
17

The space surrounding or outside the body's cells is the…
A)Intracellular space
B)Extracellular space
C)Interstitial fluid
D)Extrastitial fluid
E)None of the above is correct
18

In deuterostomes, mesoderm forms by an entercoelous plan where cells from the central portion of the gut lining begin to grow outward as pouches expanding in the blastocoel.
A)True
B)False
19

Radial cleavage is usually accompanied by several characteristics including: the blastopore becoming the anus, the coelom forming via schizocoely, and the cleavage being regulative.
A)True
B)False





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