xcviii  Agricultural  Education — Examination  Papers,  1883. 
EXAMINATION  IN  ANATOMY  AND  ANIMAL 
PHYSIOLOGY. 
Maximum  Number  of  Marks,  100.  Pass  Number,  50. 
Saturday,  May  12th,  from  2 p.m.  till  4 p.m. 
1.  Name  the  several  structures  which  are  blended  together  in  the 
formation  of  a tooth.  State  their  relative  quantities  and  how  each  is 
recognised  on  examination  with  a lens.  Describe  also  the  number 
and  position  of  the  incisor  teeth  of  the  ox,  and  say  how  many  per- 
manent and  temporary  incisors  are  present  in  an  animal  two  years 
of  age. 
2.  Describe  the  means  by  which  rumination  is  carried  on,  and 
explain  the  advantages  which  the  animal  organism  derives  directly 
from  the  process. 
3.  State  the  position  which  the  liver  of  the  sheep  occupies  in  the 
abdominal  cavity,  and  how  it  is  maintained  in  its  location.  Describe 
also  the  function  of  the  gland,  and  say  in  what  parts  of  it  the  para- 
sites commonly  called  flukes  are  met  with,  and  how  they  gain  access 
to  such  parts. 
4.  Name  the  period  of  utero-gestation  in  the  mare,  cow,  sheep 
and  pig,  and  say  how  a foetus  is  nourished  in  the  uterus,  and  what  are 
the  indications  of  approaching  parturition.  Add  also  a description 
of  the  position  of  the  foetus  during  parturition,  and  the  average 
length  of  time  that  natural  labour  occupies  in  the  several  animals 
which  are  named  above. 
