Unit 8: Shark Anatomy vs. Human Anatomy (external & Digestive)

Question 1

Towards the side; away from midline

Answer 1

lateral

Question 2

Type of shark we are dissecting?

Answer 2

spiny dogfish shark

Question 2

Exit hole for indigested waste for the human

Answer 2

anus

Question 3

Opening where food enters the shark

Answer 3

mouth

Question 3

The involuntary squeezing of the food through the GI tract is known as

Answer 3

peristalsis

Question 3

What is absorbed in the large intestine of the human?

Answer 3

water

Question 4

Separates the specimen into equal left and right sections

Answer 4

midsagittal plane

Question 4

Back fin closest to the tail

Answer 4

Caudal dorsal fins

Question 4

Openings that take in water and remove chemical scents from the water

Answer 4

Nostril nares

Question 4

Opening where waste and pups exit the shark

Answer 4

cloaca

Question 4

Exit hole for indigested waste for the shark

Answer 4

cloaca

Question 4

tube that connects the pharynx with the stomach in both the shark and the human

Answer 4

esophagus

Question 5

Bellyside lobe of the tail fin

Answer 5

Ventral Lobe of the Caudal Fin

Question 6

Holes on the dorsal side of the shark

Answer 6

spiracles

Question 7

Number of lobes for the shark liver

Answer 7

3

two long lateral lobes and one short medial lobe

Question 8

Location where chemical digestion begin in the human

Answer 8

mouth

Question 9

The equivalent of the sprial valves but in the human

Answer 9

villi

Question 10

Towards the middle

Answer 10

medial

Question 11

Caudal to the mouth

Answer 11

pharynx

Question 12

Set of paired openings on the ventral side of the shark near the cranial end.

Answer 12

nostril nares

Question 13

Two types of fins that stabilize the shark

Answer 13

pelvic and dorsal fins

Question 14

Site of ingestion

Answer 14

mouth

Question 15

Lobe of tail fin on the back side

Answer 15

Dorsal Lobe of the Caudal Fin

Question 16

Where is bile used?

Answer 16

shark: spiral intestine
human: small intestine

Question 17

Fins that steer and lift the shark in the water

Answer 17

pectoral fins

Question 17

Caudal to the small intestines in the human

Answer 17

large intestine

Question 18

location of the gallbladder

Answer 18

dorsal side of the medial lobe of the liver

Question 20

Ventral most fins

Answer 20

pelvic fins

Question 21

Tail fin

Answer 21

Caudal fin

Question 22

Cranial to the spiral intestines

Answer 22

stomach

Question 24

Back fin closest to the head

Answer 24

cranial dorsal fin

Question 25

Openings that allow water to enter when the mouth is closed

Answer 25

spiracles

Question 26

Location where chemical digestion begins in the shark

Answer 26

stomach

Question 27

Where bile is stored in both the human and shark

Answer 27

gallbladder

Question 29

Lateral most fins

Answer 29

Pectoral fins

Question 30

Fin that propels the shark forward

Answer 30

caudal fin

Question 32

Plane that separates the animal into cranial and caudal sections?

Answer 32

transverse

Question 33

Site of egestion in the shark

Answer 33

Cloaca

Question 36

Towards the tail or feet

Answer 36

caudal

Question 37

Towards the head

Answer 37

cranial

Question 39

Fins on the backside

Answer 39

dorsal fins

Question 41

Towards the belly side

Answer 41

ventral

Question 42

Gland that makes bile for both the human and the shark

Answer 42

liver

Question 43

Found within the stomach these aid in the breakdown of the food into a liquidy substance

Answer 43

rugae

Question 44

Chewing of the food is known as

Answer 44

mastication

Question 46

Extensions off the pelvic fins that identify the shark as a male

Answer 46

claspers

Question 47

What gland makes digestive enzymes for the spiral intestine?

Answer 47

pancrease

Question 48

Caudal to the spiral intestine

Answer 48

rectum

Question 49

Separates the specimen into ventral and dorsal sections

Question 50

Another name for the throat

Answer 50

pharynx

Question 51

Location where nutrients are absorbed in the shark

Answer 51

spiral intestine

Question 52

Towards the backside

Answer 52

dorsal

Question 53

Found within the spiral intestines these help absorb nutrients for the shark.

Answer 53

spiral valves