Pig GI

Question 1

How many ribs does a pig have?

Answer 1

15-16 ribs

Question 2

What side is the cecum on in pigs?

Answer 2

left

Question 3

Conical diverticulum

Answer 3

a bump that projects caudally from the fundus

Question 4

Do pigs have a torus pyloricus?

Answer 4

yes

Question 5

Do pigs have a pancreatic duct?

Answer 5

no

Question 6

Do pigs have an accessory pancreatic duct?

Answer 6

yes

Question 7

Are there papilla in the duodenum?

Answer 7

yes, two

Question 8

Capacity of Cecum in the pig?

Answer 8

2L

Question 9

Tenia in Pigs

Answer 9

3 in cecum
2 in centripital turns of ascending colon
0 in centrifugal turns of ascending colon

Question 10

Ice Cream Cone Colon

Answer 10

centripital coils go ventrally and are wide and sacculated and act as cone, centrifugal coils and narrow and smooth and are in the cone like ice cream

Question 11

The liver in the pig is similar to what other species?

Answer 11

dog (it has the same 6 lobes)

Question 12

Unique feature of pig liver?

Answer 12

very fibrous (so you shouldn’t eat it)

Question 13

Splenic torsion

Answer 13

twisting of the spleen, common in pigs due to size, length, and ventral positioning. It’s like a little piggie belt