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Parts + Functions Flashcards

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Hard Palate

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Helps break down food

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Soft Palate

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Helps move food to esophagus

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Epiglottis

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Prevents choking

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Glottis

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Controls airflow

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Nasopharynx

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Stores air

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Esophagus

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Transports food to stomach

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Liver

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Produces bile

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Gallbladder

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Stores bile

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Stomach

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Digests food

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Spleen

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Filters blood

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Cardiac Sphincter

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Controls food movement between esophagus and stomach

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Pyloric Sphincter

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Controls food movement between stomach and small intestine

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Pancreas

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Produces insulin and other digestive enzymes

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Small Intestine

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Further digests food

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Large Intestine

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Absorbs water and vitamins

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Rectum

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Stores feces

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Peritoneum

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Provides a frictionless surface for organs

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Mesentery

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Provides channel for blood vessels

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Caecum

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Stores bacteria

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Anus

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Excretes waste

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Trachea

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Transports oxygen-rich air to lungs

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Larynx

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Produces noise

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Diaphragm

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Aids in respiration

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Heart

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Pumps blood to body

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Lungs
Absorbs oxygen
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Pericardium
Protects heart
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Right Atrium
Transports oxygen-poor blood to right ventricle
28
Right Ventricle
Transports oxygen-poor blood to pulmonary arteries
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Left Atrium
Transports oxygen-rich blood to left ventricle
30
Left Ventricle
Transports oxygen-rich blood to aorta
31
Aorta
Transports oxygen-rich blood to body
32
Pulmonary Arteries
Transports oxygen-poor blood to lungs
33
Pulmonary Veins
Transports oxygen-rich blood to left atrium
34
Coronary Arteries
Provides blood to heart
35
Vena Cava
Transports oxygen-poor blood to right atrium
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Thymus Gland
Produces white blood cells
37
Thyroid Gland
Produces hormones
38
Kidney
Produces urea / urine
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Ureter
Transports urine to urinary bladder
40
Urinary Bladder
Stores urine
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Urethra
Transports urine to urogenital opening (F) / Excretes urine (M)
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Scrotal Sack
Stores testis and epididymis
43
Testis
Produces sperm
44
Epididymis
Stores sperm
45
Vas Deferens
Transports sperm out of testis to urethra
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Penis
Excretes urine and sperm
47
Ovary
Produces and stores eggs
48
Fallopian Tubes
Connects ovaries to uterus
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Uterus
Stores fetus
50
Vagina
Transports sperm to egg / Provides path for childbirth
51
Urogenital Sinus
Connects vagina and urethra
52
Urogenital Opening
Excretes urine

AP Biology - Pig (14 decks)

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