Small mammals - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

An animal that is dehydrated before surgery may require a _____ because _____ of the cell volume occurs after rehydration. a) blood/plasma transfusion; dilution b) blood/plasma transfusion; hemoconcentration c) splenectomy; hemoconcentration d) splenectomy; sequestration - PRECISE ANSWER a) blood/plasma transfusion; dilution Rehydration may necessitate a blood or plasma transfusion because dilution of the blood cell volume occurs with rehydration. Platelets in mammals: ...

Conservation Biology Midterm 2 Exam Questions With Verified Answers what are the three parameters for biomagnification - answereach animal needs to be bigger than the previous one each animal needs to live longer than the previous one each animal needs to eat more than the previous one Island Rule (Foster's Rule) - answerbig mammals evolve to be smaller on islands and small mammals evolve to be larger demographic catastrophe - answera high mortality rate in a particular portion of the ...

absorptive heterotroph - An organism (usually a fungus) that obtains its food by secreting digestive enzymes into the environment to break down large food molecules, then absorbing the breakdown products. acidophile - able to live in extremely acidic environments adaptations - inherited aspects of an individual that allow it to outcompete other members of a population that lack the trait; evolve through natural selection Alfred Russel Wallace - came up with a mechanism for evolution simila...

Well-structured EWS2601 Assignment 2 (ANSWERS) Semester 1 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED. (DETAILED ANSWERS - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED!).... Select any ONE animal species that is endangered in Africa. Then, on the basis of the research you have done, answer the following questions in relation to the species that you have chosen. Because there are so many different kinds of endangered animals we will not be prescriptive about which one you must choose. The only criterion is that it is a living thin...

Branch 3 Structural Pest Control Study Overview Rated A+ Species Groups of plants or animals that look-alike with similar characteristics and living traits Hexapoda The Class that all insects belong to, formally "insecta" Chordata The most familiar Phylum that includes the mammals, birds, reptiles and fish "vertebrate pests" Mollusca Phylum that includes snails, clams, etc. These are also tiny organisms, almost too small to be seen with the naked eye, called protozoa. Ar...

Classification of organisms according to evolutionary relationships. - Answer-Phylogeny Evolutionary classification - Answer-Taxonomy Domain> Kingdom> Phylum> Class> Order> Family> Genus> Species (Did King Phillip Come Over For Grandma's Soup) [ex. Homo sapien](italicized) - Answer-Linnaean system of classification (taxonomy) Basal Group: Branch from oldest common ancestor, no other branch from species. Sister Taxa: Share common ancestor - Answer-Phylogeny relationshi...

Basics of diffusion, gradients, and how they relate - Answer-Diffusion: spontaneous movement of very small things. It requires no energy investment by the organism (other than keeping the temperature above freezing) --direction is random Gradients: top of gradient = high concentration, bottom of gradient = low concentration --diffuses high to low Basics of diffusion across a semipermeable barrier - AnswerFactors that speed up or slow down diffusion - Answer-size: smaller things diffuse fas...

New Clicker Q 1.In vertebrates the notochord isa)An important nerve system structure found in adultsb)An embryonic .ssuec)Part of the never cordd)The main part of vertebrate backbone 2.The ne ural crest originates froma)The neural tubeb)The notochordc)The ectodermd)None of the above are correct 3.Which of the following statements are correct?a)Fish and amphibians together form one monophyleEc groupb)Fish form a paraphyle.c groupc)RepEles and mammals together form one monophyleEc groupd)All of th...

Shadowing correct answers repeating the digits presented to a specific ear is an example of Verbal inputs to the left ear, which first go to the auditory cortex in the right hemisphere, must be processed by the language areas of the left hemisphere. because, in all but a relatively small number of people, the brain areas that process linguistic information (both production and comprehension) are lateralized in the left hemisphere. correct answers here was no clear difference between the le...

Agonist - Competitive inhibition, binds to active site and causes a signal response in receptive tissue. Antagonist (blocker) - Competitive inhibitor, binds to active site so signal molecules cannot bind but causes no response in receptive tissue, can bind and release eventually. Apply your understanding of channels and synapses to predict how various neurotoxins affect nervous function. - Neurotoxins block receptor proteins on the post-synaptic neuron. Example: tetrodotoxin form Fugu fish...