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

Organ of corti in human body is

  1. photoreceptive cells in the cornea of eye

  2. the hearing component in the middle ear

  3. sensory organ of hearing in the inner ear

  4. an endocrine gland producing cortisone
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

 Organ of corti is present in cochlea of the inner ear and contains auditory sensory cells

Multiple choice

Column of Bertin in human body is :

  1. Columns of blood capillaries in heart

  2. Medullary extension of renal cortex

  3. Pyramidal nerves of cerebral cortex

  4. Reproductive tract in males
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

 Named after the scientist who discovered it , column of Bertin is also called renal column and found in kidneys

Multiple choice

The hollow space of middle ear is called :

  1. Eustachian tube

  2. Fenestra ovalis

  3. Round window

  4. Cavum tympani
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Cavum tympani or tympanic cavity is a small space in middle ear surrounding the malleus ,incus and stapes 

Multiple choice

How do porifers and coelenterates excrete?

  1. Through contractile vacuole

  2. Through a specific canal system in tissues

  3. Through flame cells

  4. Through renett cells
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Porifers and coelenterates have a specific canal system in tissues from which the waste matter diffuses to external medium.

Multiple choice

The epithelium of bronchioles is

  1. pseudostratified and columnar

  2. squamous and sensory

  3. pseudostratified and sensory

  4. cuboidal and columnar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The epithelium of bronchioles changes form pseudostratified columnar to columnar and then to cuboidal in the terminal broncholes.

Multiple choice

What are the red pulp cords of the spleen called?

  1. Malpighian corpuscles

  2. Cords of Billroth

  3. Peritoneum

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

The Cords of Billroth (also known as splenic cords or red pulp cords) are found in the red pulp of the spleen between the sinusoids.