Mosby's Comprehensive Review for Veterinary Technician - Fifth edition UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

Mosby's Comprehensive Review for
Veterinary Technician - Fifth edition
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Which of the following would be found in abundance in a skeletal muscle cells?
1. Golgi complex
2. Mitochondria
3. Lysosomes

4. SER - CORRECT ANSWER - Mitochondria


Which of the following uses active transport?
1. Diffusion
2. Osmosis
3. Sodium-potassium pump

4. Facilitated diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER - Sodium-potassium pump


Which of the following contains hyaline cartilage?
1. Articular cartilage in a long bone
2. The pinna of the ear
3. Ligaments

4. Pubic symphysis - CORRECT ANSWER - Articular cartilage in a long bone


The stomach is ________ to the heart.
1. distal
2. rostral
3. cranial

,4. caudal - CORRECT ANSWER - caudal


Which of the following houses osteocytes in compact bone?
1. Lacunae
2. Haversian canal
3. Lamellae

4. Canaliculi - CORRECT ANSWER - Lacunae


These striated cells are joined by intercalated disks and have a single, centrally located nucleus:
1. Flat bone
2. Smooth muscle
3. Cardiac muscle

4. Neurons - CORRECT ANSWER - Cardiac muscle


Schwaan cells:
1. form myelin in the CNS
2. are part of the immune system
3. are supportive and protective only

4. are also known as the nodes of Ranvier - CORRECT ANSWER - are supportive and
protective only


Which vessel contains oxygenated blood?
1. Vena cava
2. Jugular vein
3. Pulmonary artery

4. Pulmonary vein - CORRECT ANSWER - pulmonary vein

,During contraction, the electrical impulse in the heart travels through several structures. Which
of the following is the correct order of transmission?
1. Purkinje fibers, bundle of His, SA node, AV node
2. AV node, SA node, bundle of His, Purkinje fibers
3. SA node, AV node, Purkinje fibers, bundle of His

4. SA node, AV node, bundle of His, Purkinje fibers - CORRECT ANSWER - SA node,
AV node, bundle of His, Purkinje fibers


Red blood cells placed in a _______ solution will gain water through osmosis and hemolyze:
1. hypotonic
2. hypertonic

3. isotonic - CORRECT ANSWER - hypotonic


Food travels through the stomach of the ruminant in what order?
1. Reticulum, rumen, omasum, abomasum
2. rumen, reticulum, abomasum, omasum
3. rumen, omasum, abomasum, reticulum

4. rumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum - CORRECT ANSWER - rumen, reticulum,
omasum, abomasum


In the digestive system, which cells produce the necessary hydrochloric acid?
1. Parietal cells
2. Chief cells
3. Schwann cells

4. Melanocytes - CORRECT ANSWER - Parietal cells


During inhalation, the diaphragm moves:
1. ventrally
2. dorsally

, 3. caudally

4. cranially - CORRECT ANSWER - caudally


The outer cortex of the kidney contains all of the following except:
1. Bowman capsule
2. Loop of Henle
3. proximal convoluted tubules

4. distal convoluted tubules - CORRECT ANSWER - loop of Henle


Which of the following hormones is responsible for stimulating milk production?
1. epinephrine
2. calcitonin
3. thyroxin

4. prolactin - CORRECT ANSWER - prolactin


An increase in carbon dioxide causes:
1. an increase in the respiratory rate
2. a decrease in the respiratory rate
3. dyspnea

4. a Hering-Breuer reflex - CORRECT ANSWER - an increase in the respiratory rate


The auditory ossicles are located in the :
1. cochlea
2. outer ear
3. middle ear

4. inner ear - CORRECT ANSWER - middle ear


ADH (vasopressin) causes water reabsorption and is released by which gland?