Pig Dissection Station

Question 1

Larynx

Answer 1

• Creates noise (contains vocal chords)
• Surrounds trachea to channel air

Question 2

Trachea

Answer 2

• Channels air to lungs

Question 3

Lungs

Answer 3

• allow us to breathe
• bring oxygen into our bodies and send carbon dioxide out

Question 4

Heart

Answer 4

• pumping blood around your body
• blood sends oxygen and nutrients to all parts of your body, and carries away unwanted carbon dioxide and waste products

Question 5

Liver

Answer 5

• Produces Bile
• Detoxifies & filters blood by altering dangerous chemicals into harmless ones
• Produces various digestive enzymes

Question 6

Gallbladder

Answer 6

• Stores Bile

Question 7

Stomach

Answer 7

Digests everything chemically and physically

Question 8

Spleen

Answer 8

Monitors the immune system and stores blood cells

Question 9

Small Intestine

Answer 9

• helps to further digest food coming from the stomach
• It absorbs nutrients and water from food so they can be used by the body

Question 10

Large Intestine/Colon

Answer 10

• Water and mineral absorption
• Further breakdown of food
• Bacteria produce vitamin B12, K, and some amino acids

Question 11

Kidneys

Answer 11

cleanse the blood of toxins and transform the waste into urine

Question 12

Pancreas

Answer 12

• Sugar metabolism
• Makes digestive juices to help duodenal digestion

Question 13

Genital papillae

Answer 13

• Reproductive organ in female pigs
• Weird bump thing around the tail

Question 14

Scrotal sac

Answer 14

• Reproductive part in males