1. Of what parts does the skull of a rabbit consist? What is the use of each part?

2. Describe one of the long bones of a rabbit’s leg. To what features does it owe its strength?

3. The bones of the skeleton are useful (1) as affording points of attachment for the muscles; (2) as affording protection for delicate tissues and organs. Give examples of each of these uses. Do not give the technical names for the various muscles. (King’s Schol., 1902)

4. Draw and describe one of the middle joints of the backbone of a quadruped, and explain the uses of the various parts. (1898)

5. What is meant by “digestion”? Why must food be digested? Where does digestion take place?

6. Give full practical instructions for demonstrating the chief properties of saliva, and its action upon various kinds of food. (1897)

7. Prove that the action of human saliva upon starch is not due to living particles contained in it. (1898)

8. What are the chief uses of the blood? Why is it necessary that it should be kept in motion? (1901)

9. Where would you look for the Aorta in a sheep’s heart? What valves are found in it? How does it differ in appearance and feel from a large vein? (1901)

10. What kinds of valves are found in a sheep’s heart, and where are they placed? Describe a valve of each kind. (1898)

11. How does air breathed out from the lungs differ from common air? How can the differences be demonstrated? (1898)

12. Describe the process by which a mammal renews the air in its lungs.

13. What is meant by “respiration”? Why is respiration necessary?

14. Point out the most remarkable differences between the nutrition of a green plant and that of an animal. (1897)

15. Name organisms which can derive nourishment from carbon dioxide, from sugar, and from the dead bodies of animals. (1898)

16. What are the simplest functions which distinguish living animal matter from inanimate matter? (King’s Schol. 1903)

17. Explain as fully as you can how food taken into the stomach acts upon organs, such as the brain, which are not closely connected with the stomach. (1904)

18. The uses of bone are, generally speaking, to protect delicate structures, to support weight and to gain leverage. Illustrate this statement by a simple description of one example of each type. (Certificate, 1904)

19. The flow of liquids through the body is regulated in certain localities by valves. Explain the action of a valve, and indicate where they are to be found in the body. (Certificate, 1904)

20. In which kind of blood-vessel can the pulse be felt? In which kinds can it not be felt? Explain the reason of the difference. (Certificate, 1905)

21. How is oxygen conveyed from the lungs to the various parts of the body? Describe what could be observed if a drop of blood were spread out on a piece of glass and examined under a microscope. (King’s Schol. 1905)