Functions of cat organs

Question 1

Heart

Answer 1

-pumps blood

Question 2

Lungs

Answer 2

-gas exchange

Question 3

Larynx

Answer 3

-separates air and food; voice box

Question 4

Trachea with cartilage rings

Answer 4

-airway

Question 5

Diaphragm

Answer 5

-breathing (compress and expand lungs)

Question 6

Thymus gland

Answer 6

-immunity producer (lymphocytes)

Question 7

Thyroid gland

Answer 7

-basal metabolic rate

Question 8

Esophagus

Answer 8

-peristalsis; passageway for food

Question 9

Stomach (fundus, body, pylorus, greater curvature, lesser curvature, rugae)

Answer 9

-food storage; mechanical digestion; chemical digestion

Question 10

Small intestine (duodenum, jejunum, ileum)

Answer 10

-digestion, absorption

Question 11

Large intestine (cecum, descending colon)

Answer 11

-water absorption

Question 12

Rectum

Answer 12

-stores feces

Question 13

Greater omentum

Answer 13

-connects and separates

Question 14

Lesser omentum

Answer 14

-connects and separates

Question 15

Mesentery

Answer 15

-connects and separates

Question 16

Mesocolon

Answer 16

-connects and separates

Question 17

Liver

Answer 17

-food processing; makes bile

Question 18

Gall bladder

Answer 18

-stores and concentrate bile

Question 19

Pancreas

Answer 19

-digestive enzymes; insulin

Question 20

Spleen

Answer 20

-fights blood infections; RBC graveyard

Question 21

Kidney

Answer 21

-forms urine (wastes) from blood

Question 22

Urinary bladder

Answer 22

-stores urine

Question 23

Ureter

Answer 23

-urine passageway from kidney to urinary bladder

Question 24

Urethra

Answer 24

-urine passageway from bladder out

Question 25

Ovary

Answer 25

-produces eggs

Question 26

Uterus

Answer 26

-holds fetus

Question 27

Testis

Answer 27

-produces sperm

Question 28

Penis

Answer 28

-male copulatory organ