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15 Cards in this Set
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Muscles in livestock are classified as: |
Involuntary and voluntary |
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The group of bones that make up the front legs of livestock is called the: |
Pectoral limb |
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What part of the circulatory system carries blood from the heart to the organs in the animals body? |
Arteries |
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Which type of bone in the animals body provides support and cylindrical shaped? |
Long |
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What should an animal science student label the two large spongy organs that are part of a cows respiratory system? |
Lungs |
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What should an animal science student label the funnel-shaped,hollow, muscular organ that is a pump for the circulatory system of a cow? |
Liver |
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The type of muscle that makes up the majority of meat consumed by humans is: |
Striated |
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If an animal science student were labeling a picture of beef cattle skeleton, where would the student find the scapula? |
Shoulder Blade |
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What types of nerves allow for voluntary responses to stimuli? |
Somatic |
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Which type of tissue in the animals body holds various tissue together such as bone? |
Connectice |
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Which part of the respiratory system is responsible for the actual exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen? |
Alveoli |
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Which animal system secretes hormones into the blood to travel to and stimulate certain organs to perform their specific functions? |
Endocrine |
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Blood from the lower part of the animals body enters the heart through the: |
Caudal vena cava |
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Which animal system has function of responding to the five systems? |
Nervous |
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The cells that conduct impulses in the nervous system are called: |
Neurons |