GENERAL ZOOLOGY FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAMS-VII

1. Hippocampus is known as 'sea horse'. 
2. Male Hippocampus has a brood pouch.
3. Hippocampus exhibits parental care. 
4. Sphyrna is commonly called 'Hammer headed shark'. 
5. Pristis is 'saw fish'. 
6. Shark is a viviparous fish.
7. Sharks are commonly called 'sea wolves'.
8. Exocoetus is a 'flying fish'.
9. Echeneis is called 'sucker fish'.
10. Neoceratodus is Australian Lung fish
11. Protopterus is African lung fish
12. Lepidosiren is South American Lung fish.
13. Latimeria chalumne is the living fossil in fishes. It is a coelocanth fish.
14. Dipnoi fishes are called 'Uncles of Amphibia' by Romer.
15. Romer called Prototherians as 'Unfinished mammals'.
16. Huxley called birds as 'Glorified Reptiles'
17. Young called birds as 'Masters of Air'.
18. Gambusia is the fish used to control malaria as it feeds on mosquito larvae.
19. Torpedo and Narcine are called electric rays
20. Amphibians are the first sound producing animals.
21. Neoteny is the extension of larval stage.
22. Attainment of reproductive maturity by larva is called peadogenesis.
23. Neoteny is the cause and paedogenesis is the effect.
24. Neoteny is normally induced in the animals that are present in iodine deficient waters.
25. If thyroid gland of tadpole larva is surgically removed, it does not undergo metamorphosis.
26. Inactive form of any enzyme is called zymogen.
27. Pepsinogen is an inactive form of pepsin
28. Prorenin is the inactive form of renin.
29. Enamel is the strongest part of the body.
30. Gastric juice is acidic in nature as it contains HCl
31. Intestinal juice is called 'succus entericus'
32. Enzymes are biocatalysts
33. Amino acids form zwitter ions
34. Amino acids exhibit isoelectric point.
35. Oxygen shortage is technically known as hypoxia
36. Muscles of diaphragm are called phrenic muscles.
37. Diaphragm is a dome shaped structure that separates thoracic cavity form abdominal cavity.
38. Diaphragm aids in respiration.
39. If a person is found dead in an accident but there are no external injuries, the death might have occurred  due to puncture of diaphragm.
40. The vocal sacs of frog help only in resonating the sound.
41. Trachea in mammals is lined by 'C' shaped incomplete cartilaginous rings.
42. Subcutaneous fat present in whales is called blubber.
43. BAT: Brown Adipose Tissue
44. WAT: White Adipose Tissue
45. Dorsal skeletal structure found in chelonians is called carapase.
46. Ventral skeletal structure found in chelonians is called plastron
47. Birds and mammals are warm blooded or homeotherms.
48. Fish, Amphibians and reptiles are cold blooded animals.
49. Reptiles, aves and mammals are called amniotes as they contain amnion.
50. Fish and amphibians are called anamniotes as they lack amnion. 
51. Vertebrate heart is called myogenic heart.
52. Invertebrate heart is called neurogenic heart.
53. Increase in heart beat is called 'tachy cardia'
54. Decrease in heart beat is called 'brady cardia'.
55. If the heart is slightly tilted towards right, it is called 'dextro cardia'. 
56. Adrenal medulla is not controlled by pituitary gland. 
57. In menstrual cycle, there is shedding of endometrium
58. In oestrous cycle, endometrium of uterus is absorbed.
59. Period required for intrauterine development is called gestation period.
60. Elephant has longest gestation period.
61. Opossum has shortest gestation period.
62. If the egg is divided into vegetal and animal poles, such egg is called 'telolecithal' 
63. Division of zygote is called cleavage.
64. Cleavage is mitotic.
65. Sex is determined at the time of fertilization.
66. In human beings, father decides the sex as he happens to be heterozygous.
67. Embryonic cells are totipotent.
68. Totipotent cells are those cells that have the capacity to develop into complete individual.
69. Formation of notochord is called notogenesis
70. Formation of organs during embryonic development is called organogenesis.
71. Spermatozoa apart from contributing haploid set of chromosomes provides stimulus for cleavage.
72. Unfertilized egg of frog undergoes division, if pricked with needle. 
73. Echis carinata is called Phoorsa snake or saw scaled viper or Little Indian viper.
74. In Echis carinata, there is an arrow shaped mark on the head.
75. Russel's viper is the largest viper.
76. Single row of hexagonal vertebrals is foumd on krait. 
77. Trimerisurus is also called Lachesis or bamboo pit viper or horse shoe viper.
78. If the bitten snake is identified, anti venom is given to the victim.
79. If the bitten snake is not identified, poly venom is given to the victim.
80. If one poisonous snake bites another poisonous snake, the snake that is bitten dies.
81. Presence of hood is the characteristic feature of cobra.
82. V shaped bone found in birds is called furcula
83. Furcula of birds is called wish bone or merry thought bone
84. Pygostyle is the plough shaped bone present in birds
85. Rectrices are tail feathers
86. Remiges are wing feathers
87. Pneumatic bones are air filled bones found in flying birds.
88. Flight less birds are not represented in India
89. Gallus gallus is the scientific name of fowl.
90. Psittacula is the scientific name of parrot.
91. Bubo is the scientific name owl
92. Birds have got telescopic vision. 
93. Bubo is the only bird that has binocular vision.
94. Passer domesticus is the scientific name of sparrow.
95. Scientific name of Arctic tern is Sterna macruara
96. Aptenodytes is called 'emperor penguin'.
97. Coracius bengalensis is commonly called Indian roller. 
98. Duck has pseudo penis
99. Largest ape is Gorilla
100. Smallest ape is Hyalobates.