THE RABBIT. 135 



Questions on the Rabbit. 



1. Describe the venous circulation of the rabbit (with 

 diagrams). Compare a vein and artery. Compare the 

 distribution of the great venous trunks with that of the 

 arterial system. 



2. Construct a general diagram of the circulation of the 

 rabbit, to show especially the relation of the portal system, 

 the lymphatics and lacteals, and the renal circulation, to the 

 main blood-current. 



3. What is a villus? Describe its epithelium, and the 

 vessels within it. Write as explicit an account as you can 

 of the absorbent action of a villus. 



j?r 4. Tabulate the alimentary secretions, and the*r action on 

 the food. 



5. Give an elementary account of the structure and 

 physiology of the blood. 



6. Describe cartilage and bone, and compare them with 

 one another. 



7. Give an account of the amrcba, and compare it with 

 a typical tissue cell in a metazoon (e.g. the rabbit). 



^-8. Give a general account of connective tissue. What 

 is tendon ? 



9. Compare the pectoral with the pelvic limb and 

 girdle. What other structures of the adult rabbit display a 

 similar repetition of similar parts ? 



10. What are bilateral symmetry and met a meric segmen- 

 tation ? 



^-11. Describe the rabbit's brain (with diagrams). 



12. Give a list of the cranial nerves of the rabbit, and 

 note their origin in the brain. 



13. Give a list of the nerve apertures of the dog's skull. 



14. Describe and tigure the distribution of nerves v., 

 vii., ix., and x. 



15. Draw and state the precise position of the hyoid bone, 

 the clavicle, the calcaneum, and the olecranon process. 



16. Describe, as accurately as possible, the position of 

 palatine bones, pterygoids, the ethmoid bone, the pre- and 

 basi-sphenoids, in the dog's skull. 



