Pig Exam Flashcards
Where is the diaphragm located and what does it look like?
The diaphragm divides the thoracic and the abdominal cavity. The diaphragm looks like a sheet of tissue.
What is the purpose of the diaphragm?
The diaphragm aids in breathing.
Where is the liver located and what does it look like?
The liver is located almost directly underneath the umbilical cord and is the largest organ in the body.
What is the purpose of the liver?
The liver makes bile.
Where is the gallbladder located and what does it look like?
The gallbladder is located underneath the liver to the left and is attached to the liver. The gall bladder is greenish.
What is the purpose of the gallbladder?
The gallbladder stores bile.
Where is the stomach located and what does it look like?
The stomach is located underneath the liver to the right. The stomach looks like a pouch.
What is the purpose of the stomach?
The stomach is responsible for breaking down food.
Where is the pancreas located and what does it look like?
The pancreas is located under the stomach and is bumpy.
What is the purpose of the pancreas?
The pancreas makes insulin.
What is the purpose of insulin?
Insulin regulates the uptake of sugars from blood.
Where is the spleen located and what does it look like?
The spleen is located next to the stomach and toward the left side of the pig. The spleen is flattened.
What is the purpose of the spleen?
The spleen stores blood.
Where are the kidneys located and what do they look like?
The kidneys are on each side of the spine and are shaped as beans.
What is the purpose of the kidneys?
The kidneys remove harmful substances from the blood, which are then released as urine.
What is the esophagus?
The esophagus is the passage for food from mouth to stomach.
Where is the Cardiac Sphincter Valve located?
The Cardiac Sphincter Valve is located at the top of the stomach.
Where is the Pyloric Sphincter Valve located?
The Pyloric Sphincter Valve is located at the bottom of the stomach.
What do the Cardiac Sphincter Valve and the Pyloric Sphincter Valve do?
The Cardiac Sphincter Valve and the Pyloric Sphincter Valve regulate what enters and leaves the stomach.
What are the parts of the small intestine?
The duodenum and the ileum.
What is the duodenum?
The duodenum is the straight portion of the small intestine, and the start of the small intestine.
What is the ileum?
The ileum is the curly portion of the small intestine.
What does the mesentery do?
The mesentery holds the ileum together.
Where is the cecum located and what does it look like?
At the end of the small intestine and is a dead end tube.
What is the purpose of the cecum?
The cecum helps with plant digestion.
Where is the large intestine located and what does it look like?
The large intestine is located directly after the small intestine and is green.
What is the purpose of the large intestine?
The large intestine reabsorbs water from digested food and any undigested food sent to the rectum.
Where is the rectum located?
The rectum is located after the large intestine and before the anus.
What is the purpose of rectum?
The rectum stores undigested food as feces until the feces have a chance to leave the anus.
What is the anus?
The anus is the opening to the outside of the pig for the digestive system.
Where are the umbilical vessels?
The umbilical vessels are in the umbilical cord.
Where is the urinary bladder?
In the umbilical cord in between the two umbilical vessels.
Where are the nipples located?
On the sides of the umbilical cord.
What are taste buds scientific name?
Sensory Papillae
Where is the epiglottis located and what does it look like?
The epiglottis is located in the back of the mouth and is cone shaped flap of skin.
What is the purpose of the epiglottis?
The epiglottis helps close the pig’s pharynx when a pig swallows.
What is the pharynx?
The pharynx is the cavity at the back of the mouth and is where the trachea and esophagus meet.
