Biology

Animal Tissue and Anatomy

1,715 Questions

Test your knowledge of animal tissues and anatomical structures with these practice questions. The set covers human organs, reproductive systems, and sensory receptors. These fundamental biology topics frequently appear in medical and competitive examinations.

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Animal Tissue and Anatomy Questions

Multiple choice

Presence of a bladder is the common feature of

  1. teleostomi

  2. agnathostomes

  3. holocephali

  4. elasmobranchii
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Teleost fishes (are bony fishes) have developed an air bladder attached to the digestive system. It helps to give buoyancy.

Multiple choice

What is infundibulum?

  1. Connection between thyroid lobes

  2. Stalk

  3. Outgrowth of pharynx

  4. Special cells in testes
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Pituitary hangs below the hypothalamus by a stalk called infundibulum.

Multiple choice

Which group of animals belong to the same phylum?

  1. Aurelia, Pennatula, Obelia, Planaria

  2. Fasciola, Planaria, Taenia, Echinococcus

  3. Pennatula, Obelia, Fasciola, Echinococcus

  4. Obelia, Planaria, Taenia, Echinococcus

  5. Aurelia, Fasciola, Pennatula, Obelia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Correct answer. All are members of phylum Platyhelminthes. Fasciola belongs to class Trematoda of phylum Platyhelminthes. Planaria belongs to class Turbellaria of phylum Platyhelminthes. Taenia and Echinococcus belongs to class Cestoda of phylum Platyhelminthes.

Multiple choice

The Adam's apple is a forward protrusion of the largest cartilage of the larynx. Which among the following cartilages forms the Adam's apple?

  1. Arytenoid cartilages

  2. Cuneiform cartilages

  3. Corniculate cartilages

  4. Thyroid cartilage

  5. Cricoid cartilage
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This forms the Adam's apple. It is usually larger in males than in females. The thyrohyoid membrane is a ligament associated with the thyroid cartilage that connects the thyroid cartilage with the hyoid bone.

Multiple choice

Which among the following statements regarding the trachea in human beings is incorrect?

  1. There are almost fifteen to twenty incomplete C-shaped tracheal rings of cartilage.

  2. The trachea is lined with pseudostratified columnar epithelium.

  3. The cricoid cartilage is the only complete ring of cartilage in the trachea.

  4. A flap-like epiglottis closes the opening to the larynx during swallowing.

  5. The esophagus lies anteriorly to the trachea.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

The esophagus lies posteriorly to the trachea. Circular bands of fibrous connective tissue called the annular ligaments of trachea join the tracheal rings together.

Multiple choice

The small opening present in the middle of the kidney is

  1. renal sinus

  2. hilus

  3. cortex

  4. calyx
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The hilus is the slit-like opening in the middle of the concave medial border of the kidney. Nerves and blood vessels pass through the hilus into the renal sinus within.

Multiple choice

The epithelium lining of the nasal mucosa is mainly

  1. stratified squamous

  2. simple columnar epithelial

  3. ciliated columnar epithelial

  4. olfactory epithelium

  5. cuboidal stratified tissue
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Squamous epithelium lines a small part of the entrance to the nasal cavity. Cilia help maintain the ‘mucus blanket’ that protects the nasal mucosa.