Pig Parts Flashcards

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Hard palate

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Ridges on top of mouth, separated nasal from oral

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Soft palate

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, fleshy patrician between the oral pharynx and the nasal pharynx

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3
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Small intestine

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Biggest digestion, most food products are absorbed here

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4
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Large intestine

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Absorbs liquids, moves waste

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5
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Mesentary

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Membrane that suspends the intestines

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6
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Rectum

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Thickening of the large intestine that allows for the storage of solid waste

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7
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Liver

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Secretes bile, detoxifies substances, synthesizes plasma proteins, vital role in metabolic processes

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8
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Gall bladder

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Stores and concentrates bile

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9
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Pancreas

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Large glandular organ that secretes bile for the body

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10
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Diaphragm

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Muscular partition between the thoracic and abdominal cavities of the pig

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11
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Spleen

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Organ of lymphatic system, produced, stores and disassembles red blood cells

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12
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Heart ventricles

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Sends blood to the lungs or body, bottom part

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13
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Heart atria

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Recieves blood from veins of body, flaps

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14
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Paracardium

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Connective tissue that covers the surface of the heart, offers protection

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15
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Lungs

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Gas is exchanged here between the air and the blood

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16
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Trachea

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The respiratory tube that connects the larynx and the bronchi of the lungs

17
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Kidney

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Organ that removes waste products, especially nitrogenous wastes from the blood and produces urine

18
Q

Ureter

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The duct that carries urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder

19
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Testis

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Organ that produces sperm cells and the hormone testosterone

20
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Ovary

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Contains the reproductive eggs of the female

21
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Mammary papillae

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External feature that in time will allow young to feed. Nipple

22
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Genital papilla

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A projection that allows for external identification of the female sex

23
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Urogenital opening

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Common posterior opening that is used by the urinary system and the reproductive system of the pig

24
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External nares

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An opening from the outside to the nasal cavity that allows entrance to the respiratory track

25
Umbilical cord
Functions as the connection between the fetal pig and it's mother, only source of nourishment
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Stomach
Part of the digestive system in which food is temporarily stored and digestion is initiated
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Secum
Green dead end
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Artery
Away, blood with oxygen
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Major artery
Aorta
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Polmenary artery
Artery to lungs
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Pulmonary vein
Comes back with depleted blood