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.

Sensory receptorsReproductive organsBody structure frameworkEar drum pressureExcretory system

Animal Tissue and Anatomy Questions

Multiple choice

What is the mode of nutrition of scavengers?

  1. They feed on dead or injured animals

  2. They eat both plants and meat

  3. They eat plants

  4. They eat meat

  5. They eat insects
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Scavengers are animals that feed on dead or injured animals.

Multiple choice

Animals consume nitrogen mainly in the form of

  1. dissolved in water

  2. proteins

  3. salts

  4. gas during inspiration
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Animals obtain nitrogen primarily through consuming proteins (which contain nitrogen in amino acid structures). Plants synthesize proteins from soil nitrates, and animals acquire nitrogen by eating plants or other animals.

Multiple choice

The endolymph is produced by ___________________________.

  1. pars flaccida

  2. pyramidal eminence

  3. stria vascularis

  4. tensor tympani

  5. cochlea
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The upper portion of the spiral ligament contains numerous capillary loops and small blood vessels and is termed the stria vascularis. It produces endolymph for the scala media, one of the three fluid-filled compartments of the cochlea.

Multiple choice

Darwin's tubercle is a congenital ear condition found in human beings. It is associated with ____________________.

  1. earwax

  2. auricle

  3. ear canal

  4. incus

  5. malleus
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The auricle consists of a single piece of fibrocartilage with a complicated relief on the anterior, concave side and a fairly smooth configuration on the posterior, convex side. The Darwinian tubercle which is present in some people, lie in the descending part of the helix and corresponds to the true ear tip of the long-eared mammals.

Multiple choice

The medium of communication between cervical cavity and the vagina is ________.

  1. external orifice

  2. canal of the cervix

  3. internal orifice

  4. supravaginal portion

  5. vaginal portion
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The external orifice of the uterus (or ostium of uterus, or external os) is a small, depressed, somewhat circular aperture on the rounded extremity of the vaginal portion of the cervix. Through this aperture, the cervical cavity communicates with that of the vagina.

Multiple choice

In which organism neoblasts are found?

  1. Coelenterates

  2. Planarians

  3. Tunicates

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

Neoblasts are found in Planarians. They are undifferentiated reserve cells and help in regeneration