Special Senses
The tympanic membrane is part of the _____________ ear.
What is the external ear
During the parasympathetic nervous system, the bronchi of the lungs will ___________________.
What is bronchoconstriction
This muscular diaphragm controls the amount of light that enters the posterior part of the eyeball.
What is the pupil
The part of the mammary gland that keeps the teat closed in the __________________.
What is the teat spinchter
Which is the slower of these two systems? Endocrine or Nervous System
What is the Endocrine System
This tube connects the middle ear with the throat (pharnyx).
What is the Eustachian tube
A thin layer of fluid exists in the alveoli to keep those grape-like structure from collapsing.
What is surfactant
This condition is when the lens becomes opaque.
What are cataracts
The part of the mammary gland where milk enters the outside environment is the ___________.
What is the streak canal?
Homeostasis is achieved by hormones being allowed to "shut off". This is done by the ________________ loop.
What is the negative feedback loop.
These three little bones reside in the middle ear.
What are the malleus, incus and stapes. Or what is the hammer, anvil, and stirrup.
This are is where lymph, nerves and blood supply enter and leave the lungs.
What is the Hilus
This carries visual information to the brain
What is the optic nerve
This part of the mammary gland prevents milk leakage.
What is the Furstensburg Rosette.
Mineralcorticoid hormones (like Aldosterone) and glucocorticoid hormones (like cortisol) are found in the __________ part of the adrenal gland.
What is the adrenal cortex
Repeated ear hematomas begin to build scar tissue. In extreme cases this can cause the ear to become deformed which is called _____________ ear.
What is cauliflower ear
This lining covers the thoracic cavity.
What is the parietal pleura
Tear are produced by these
What are lacrimal glands
This part of the mammary gland does most of the "heavy lifting" to support the mammary gland.
What is the medial suspensory ligament.
Ferrets get a Cushings Disease because of the overproduction of this hormone.
What is estrogen
When an animal awakens from surgery but has not been given any medications for pain, it will experience severe pain called ___________ pain, which is extremely difficult to quell.
What is wind-up pain
This gas has only a 1.5% chance to dissolve in blood, so it needs a carrier like a red blood cell.
What is oxygen?
This is one of the most sensitive tissues of the of the eye and is richly supplied with pain receptors.
What is the cornea
Cows that develop scar tissue in the teat are called ________________.
What are hardmilkers
When an animal stops producing cortisol, it is thought to have a disease called _____________.
What is Addison's disease