VETERINARY ASSISTANT COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What are the three functions of the liver? - ✔✔supplies raw materials, secretes bile,
and breaks down & absorbs fat.
✔✔What is the rest and restore response produced by? - ✔✔parasympathetic system
✔✔What does the adipose connective tissue consist of? - ✔✔Lipids(fat) and storing
cells
✔✔What is the gestation period? - ✔✔the time from fertilization to delivery.
✔✔What is the female reproductive system made up of? - ✔✔ovaries, oviducts, cervix,
vagina, vulva
✔✔What do cats do spontaneously? - ✔✔Ovulate
✔✔What is the largest sesamoid bone? - ✔✔Patella (kneecap)
✔✔What is the purpose of the patella? - ✔✔distributes the force of the quads
✔✔What is the carpus located between? - ✔✔the radius and the metacarpal bones.
✔✔What do the bones provide maximum area for? - ✔✔muscle attachment
✔✔What do albino animals lack? - ✔✔Melanin
✔✔What do recticular fibers form? - ✔✔supportive framework
✔✔What two extremities do long bones have? - ✔✔epiphysis and diaphysis
✔✔What are collagen fibers? - ✔✔predominant and strong
✔✔What is a trochanter? - ✔✔a lump/bump on the surface of a bone.
✔✔What are the three pairs of adult pelvis bones? - ✔✔ilium, schium, pubis
✔✔What is the foramen? - ✔✔a hole in the bone through which blood vessels and
nerves pass.
✔✔What are the three muscle types? - ✔✔skeletal, cardiac, and smooth.
, ✔✔What are cells? - ✔✔building blocks of life.
✔✔What is the hind limb termed as? - ✔✔`pelvic limb
✔✔What are the axial skeleton bones? - ✔✔skull, spinal column, ribs, and sternum
✔✔What are the six connective tissues? - ✔✔adipose, loose, cartilage, bone, and blood
✔✔What does the male reproductive system consist of? - ✔✔testies, epididymis, vas
deferens, accessory sex glands and penis
✔✔What is the function of the repertory system? - ✔✔Exchange of oxygen, into
oxygenated blood and then into carbon dioxide.
✔✔What is the purpose of connective tissue? - ✔✔hold and support tissue
✔✔What are the 2 enzymes pancreas produces? - ✔✔insulin and glucagon
✔✔What does the upper repertory tract do? - ✔✔supplies lungs with pure warm
humidified air.
✔✔What are the 2 divisions of the circulatory system? - ✔✔systemic and pulmonary
✔✔What are the three common features of the epithelial tissue? - ✔✔consists of cells,
no blood vessels and can reproduce.
✔✔Where are the thoracic vertebrae found? - ✔✔the chest region
✔✔What is the cervical vertebra? - ✔✔bones found in the neck region
✔✔What is an example of a fibrous joint? - ✔✔skull bones
✔✔What is the fibia? - ✔✔main weight bearing bone of the distal leg
✔✔What is the articular surface? - ✔✔surface where a bone forms a joint with another
bone.
✔✔What are three segments of the small intestine? - ✔✔illium, jejunum, duodenum
✔✔What two systems is breathing controlled by? - ✔✔mechanical control and chemical
control
✔✔what are the five senses? - ✔✔gustatory, olfactory, auditory, vestibular, and visual
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What are the three functions of the liver? - ✔✔supplies raw materials, secretes bile,
and breaks down & absorbs fat.
✔✔What is the rest and restore response produced by? - ✔✔parasympathetic system
✔✔What does the adipose connective tissue consist of? - ✔✔Lipids(fat) and storing
cells
✔✔What is the gestation period? - ✔✔the time from fertilization to delivery.
✔✔What is the female reproductive system made up of? - ✔✔ovaries, oviducts, cervix,
vagina, vulva
✔✔What do cats do spontaneously? - ✔✔Ovulate
✔✔What is the largest sesamoid bone? - ✔✔Patella (kneecap)
✔✔What is the purpose of the patella? - ✔✔distributes the force of the quads
✔✔What is the carpus located between? - ✔✔the radius and the metacarpal bones.
✔✔What do the bones provide maximum area for? - ✔✔muscle attachment
✔✔What do albino animals lack? - ✔✔Melanin
✔✔What do recticular fibers form? - ✔✔supportive framework
✔✔What two extremities do long bones have? - ✔✔epiphysis and diaphysis
✔✔What are collagen fibers? - ✔✔predominant and strong
✔✔What is a trochanter? - ✔✔a lump/bump on the surface of a bone.
✔✔What are the three pairs of adult pelvis bones? - ✔✔ilium, schium, pubis
✔✔What is the foramen? - ✔✔a hole in the bone through which blood vessels and
nerves pass.
✔✔What are the three muscle types? - ✔✔skeletal, cardiac, and smooth.
, ✔✔What are cells? - ✔✔building blocks of life.
✔✔What is the hind limb termed as? - ✔✔`pelvic limb
✔✔What are the axial skeleton bones? - ✔✔skull, spinal column, ribs, and sternum
✔✔What are the six connective tissues? - ✔✔adipose, loose, cartilage, bone, and blood
✔✔What does the male reproductive system consist of? - ✔✔testies, epididymis, vas
deferens, accessory sex glands and penis
✔✔What is the function of the repertory system? - ✔✔Exchange of oxygen, into
oxygenated blood and then into carbon dioxide.
✔✔What is the purpose of connective tissue? - ✔✔hold and support tissue
✔✔What are the 2 enzymes pancreas produces? - ✔✔insulin and glucagon
✔✔What does the upper repertory tract do? - ✔✔supplies lungs with pure warm
humidified air.
✔✔What are the 2 divisions of the circulatory system? - ✔✔systemic and pulmonary
✔✔What are the three common features of the epithelial tissue? - ✔✔consists of cells,
no blood vessels and can reproduce.
✔✔Where are the thoracic vertebrae found? - ✔✔the chest region
✔✔What is the cervical vertebra? - ✔✔bones found in the neck region
✔✔What is an example of a fibrous joint? - ✔✔skull bones
✔✔What is the fibia? - ✔✔main weight bearing bone of the distal leg
✔✔What is the articular surface? - ✔✔surface where a bone forms a joint with another
bone.
✔✔What are three segments of the small intestine? - ✔✔illium, jejunum, duodenum
✔✔What two systems is breathing controlled by? - ✔✔mechanical control and chemical
control
✔✔what are the five senses? - ✔✔gustatory, olfactory, auditory, vestibular, and visual
