Ant 251 Test 2
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- 1.When an individual is sliced from head to "tail" to produce two mirror halves, the resulting cut is along....
- A.
The medial plane
- B.
The mesial plane
- C.
The sagital plane
- D.
The transverse plane
- 2.The primitive mammalian dental formula is...
- A.
2123/2123
- B.
1013/1003
- C.
2133/2133
- D.
3143/3143
- 3.In heterodonts there can be as many as _________ types of teeth
- A.
2
- B.
3
- C.
4
- D.
5
- 4.Your knee is __________ to your ankle
- A.
Disal
- B.
Proximal
- C.
Medial
- D.
Recumbent
- 5.Vertebra generally __________ as you go caudad in a pronograde animal.
- A.
Stay about the same
- B.
Get wider and thicker
- C.
Bear more weight
- 6.The three major bones of the pelvis are....
- A.
Femur, talus, sacrum
- B.
Ilium, fossa, coccyx
- C.
Pubis, ilium, ischium
- 7.The stuff on the back of your body are referred to as....
- A.
Dorsal
- B.
Ventral
- C.
Inferior
- 8.Your incisors are _______ to your molars.
- A.
Medial
- B.
Proximal
- C.
Distal
- D.
Mesial
- 9.An animal that is not upright, but is on all fours....
- A.
Orthograde
- B.
Bipedal
- C.
Pronograde
- D.
Retrograde
- 10.The vertebra which hold up the skill is called...
- A.
Sacral
- B.
Atlas
- C.
Axis
- D.
Inferior
- 11.On molars, there is a ______ side facing the tongue and a ______ side facing the cheek.
- A.
Buchal, lingual
- B.
Left, right
- C.
None of these
- 12.What does the KT boundary separate?
- A.
Kazakhstan and Croatia
- B.
Cretaceous and teritaary
- C.
Carpal and tarsal
- 13.How can you tell a thoracic vertebra from other kinds?
- A.
No vertebral bodies
- B.
They have ribs
- C.
They are fused
- D.
A dentin process
- 14.In humans the weight of the trunk (abdomen and chest) is held up by the....
- A.
Breast bone and erectus abdominus
- B.
Pelvis
- C.
Atlas
- 15.Rhinaria are characteristic of
- A.
New world monkies
- B.
Lemurs and lorisoids
- C.
Tarsiers
- D.
All of the above
- 16.Which of the following is not a great ape?
- A.
Pygmy chimpanzees
- B.
Gibbons
- C.
Orangutans
- D.
None of the above. They are all great apes.
- 17.The synapamorphy of primates...
- A.
Bulla
- B.
Dental formula containing 32 teeth
- C.
Opposable thumbs
- D.
Nails
- 18.A tooth comb is made up of
- A.
Continuously growing incisors
- B.
Soft sympheses
- C.
Muscles of mastication
- D.
Only 2 kinds of teeth
- 19.Toilet or grooming claws are found on....
- A.
The index finger
- B.
The slim middle finger
- C.
All new world monkies
- D.
The index toe
- 20.A dermopteran ......
- A.
Is the closest living relative of primates
- B.
A tree shrew
- C.
Is a primitive primate
- D.
Has a bulla
- 21.Understanding behavior through its effect on fitness....
- A.
The arboreal theory
- B.
Sociobiology
- C.
Tegulae
- D.
Dominance hierarchy
- 22.The monkey that is geographically the most widespread is....
- A.
Capuchin
- B.
Colobus
- C.
Macaque
- D.
Guenon
- 23.When you are called precocious it means...
- A.
You have a long tail
- B.
You are underdeveloped
- C.
You are involved in aunting behavior
- D.
You are advanced for your age
- 24.When a primate (or other social animal) eats only a patchy resource....
- A.
It stays in one place.
- B.
It cannot maintain a large group
- C.
It must compete for that resource
- D.
It has procumbent incisors
- 25.When primates live in monogamous pairs
- A.
They duet
- B.
They eat non-patchy resources
- C.
They have claws
- D.
They are nocturnal
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