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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Small intestine

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Biggest digestion, most food products are absorbed here

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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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Rectum

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

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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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Spleen

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

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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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Trachea

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

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Kidney

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

18
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Ureter

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

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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

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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

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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
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Umbilical cord

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Functions as the connection between the fetal pig and it’s mother, only source of nourishment

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Stomach

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Part of the digestive system in which food is temporarily stored and digestion is initiated

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Secum

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Green dead end

28
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Artery

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Away, blood with oxygen

29
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Major artery

A

Aorta

30
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Polmenary artery

A

Artery to lungs

31
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Pulmonary vein

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Comes back with depleted blood