Lab 5: Comparative Digestive Systems Flashcards
path of food for the mudpuppy
- oral cavity
- pharynx
- espopahgus
- stomach
- pyloric region
- small intestine
- large intestine
- cloaca
path of food for the shark
- oral cavity
- pharynx
- espopahgus
- stomach
- pyloric region
- small intestine
- large intestine
- rectum
- (anus in cloaca)
path of food for the pigeon
- beak
- oral cavity
- pharynx
- esophagus
- crop
- stomach (proventriculus & gizzard)
- small and large intestine
- cloaca
path of food for the cat
- oral cavity
- pharynx
- esophagus
- epiglottis
- glottis
- esophagus
- stomach
- pyloric sphincter
- small and large intestine
- rectum
- anus
path of food for the turtle
- beak
- oral cavity
- pharynx
- esophagus
- stomach
- pyloric region
- small and large intestine
- rectum
- cloaca
path of food for the rabbit
- oral cavity
- pharynx
- esophagus
- epiglottis
- glottis
- esophagus
- stomach
- pyloric sphincter
- small and
- cecum
- large intestine
- rectum
- anus
how do rabbits digest food?
the first time they eat it goes through the to stomach, small intestine and large intestine and cecum then large intestine agin to be pooped out.
- it goes to the cecum to get protien, microbes and mucus mixed in
- they poop it out calling it cecotropes (grapes/raspberries) then they eat it agian and it stays in their stomachs for hours to ferment then it goes out again
how do pigeon digest food?
the stomach has 2 parts
chemical: proventriculus
mechanical: gizzard (small stones or course sand swallowed to break up the food)
what is the pyloric region/portion of the stomach do?
the spincter controls the how the emptying of the stomach
what is the colic ceca and which animal(s) have it?
absorbs water and helps digest fibre from diet
what is the cecum and which animal(s) have it?
Rabbits, helps the ferment the vegetables in their diet
what is the spleen used for?
filters blood, sends out white blood cells for infections
where are the testes
- testes (inside the cremasteric pouch inside the scrotum
where is the vas deferns
inside the spermaic cord with blood vessels
what is the order of sperm leaving the body in male
- scoutum
- epdidymis
- spermatic cord
- inguinal canal
- urethra
-penis
