YVU - M.Sc Degree Zoology (STRUCTURAL ANATOMY OF INVERTEBRATA AND VERTEBRATA) December 2014 Question Paper

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2014

FIRST SEMESTER

ZOOLOGY

Paper I-STRUCTURAL ANATOMY OF INVERTEBRATA AND VERTEBRATA

(New Regulation)

Time Three hours Maximum 75 marks

(No additional sheet will be supplied)

PART A- (5×3 =15 marks)

Answer any FIVE questions.

Each answer should not exceed 1 page.

1. Coelome

2. Trachea.

3. Torsion in Mollusca.

4. Syneaerum.

5. Quill feather.

6. Nauplius Larva.

7. Lateral line system

8. Aortic arches

PART B (4 x 15 =60 marks)

Answer ALL questions.

Each answer carries 15 marks

Each answer should not exceed 6 pages.

9. What is Coelome? Describe the different types of Coelome in invertebrates.

10. Compare and contrast the feeding and digestion in Porifera and Coelenterata

11. Compare the nervous system in Arthropoda and Mollusca.

12. Describe the larval forms of Crustaceans.

13. Describe the evolution of Heart in Vertebrates.

14. What is Integument? Describe its various derivatives in detail and their function.

15. Compare and contrast the structure of urinogential system in Aves and Mammal in relation to its function.

16. Illustrate the structure of brain in a bird and a mammal with a comparative note on its function

YVU – M.Sc Degree Zoology (STRUCTURAL ANATOMY OF INVERTEBRATA AND VERTEBRATA) December 2014 Question Paper