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Fetal Pig Anatomy
Anatomy of the Fetal Pig
Question | Answer |
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Where does the digestive tract start and end? | Starts at mouth, ends at anus |
Purpose of saliva? | softens food for digestion |
Function of Epiglottis? | prevents food from entering trachea while swallowing |
Fetal pigs recieve nourishment from their mother through the __________? | Umbilical cord |
The stomach of the fetal pig won't be empty because they also drink __________? | Amniotic fluid |
How many lobes in the liver? | Five |
Functions of liver? | Bile production, glycogen storage, detoxification of poisons |
Function of gall bladder? | stores and releases bile into small intestine |
Function of pancreas? | secretes pancreatic juice, aid in digestion |
Membranes that attach internal organs to body wall? | Viscera |
Animals with multiple stomachs are called? | Ruminants |
Ridges inside the stomach? | Rugae |
Function of Rugae? | increase area for release of digestive enzymes |
Where in the stomach is each of these found? - esophageal - cardiac -pyloric | esophageal- upper cardiac- middle left pyloric- bottom left |
1st section of intestine? | Duodenum |
What is the jejunum? | middle section of small intestine |
What is the ileum? | final section of small intestine |
Where can sphincters be found? | stomach |
Function of sphincter? | stops food from going back up into the esophagus |
soupy, partly digested material? | chyme |
Another name for the large intestine? | colon |
Function of colon/large intestine? | absorbs vitamins, compacts feces, finishes digesting |
straight, terminal part of large intestine? | rectum |
Lungs are found in which body cavity? | Thoracic |
Tissue that covers and protects the lungs? | Pleura |
Where is the epiglottis? | above the glottis at top of trachea |
Where is the pharynx located? | posterior to mouth and nasal cavity |
Function of the larynx? | recieves air, food, and water, holds vocal cords |
What keeps trachea from collapsing? | cartiloginous rings |
Function of diaphragm? | Separate heart from other organs |
Large tubes that enter lungs? | Bronchi |
Small tubes that branch from bronchi | Bronchioles |
Air sacs for gas exchange? | Alveoli |
What is the pericardium? | double layered sac that encloses the heart |
Difference between atria and ventricles? | Atria are smaller and thinner than ventricles |
Into what chamber does the superior and posterior vena cava open? | Right atrium |
From what chamber does the aorta rise? | Left ventricle |
To what structures do the pulmonary arteries lead? | lungs |
What does the ductus arteriosis close off at the time of birth? | closes the shunt that allows blood to bypass the lungs |
Function of coronary circulation? | passes nutrients, gases, hormones, blood cells, etc to and from cells in the body |
What results when coronary circulation is prevented in humans? | heart attack and/or death |
In what 2 systems does the epiglottis function? | Digestive and Respiratory |