Pig Practical Flashcards
What are the ear flaps called?
Pinna
What are the ear holes called?
External acoustic meatus
What are the nose holes called?
external nares
What is the body region closer to the head called?
Thorax
What is the body region closer to the tail called?
Abdomen
How do you tell if the pig is a male or female?
Presence of genital papilla
What is the flap above the tail called [if present]?
Genital papilla
What is the hole below the genital papilla called?
Urogenital opening
What is the hole closest to the tail called?
Anus
What is the the bulge near a male pigs tail called?
Scrotal sac
What is the structure on the abdomen enclosed by skin of a male pig?
Penis
What is the hole located on the abdomen enclosed by skin of a male pig?
Urogenital opening
What is the cord located on the abdomen of the pig called?
Umbilical cord
What are the fingers of the pig called?
Digits
What joint of the pigs arms form an angle?
Elbow
What joint of the pigs arm is closest to the digits?
Wrist
What joint of the pigs legs form an angle and is closest to the digits?
Ankle
What joint of the pigs leg is located further from the digits on the thigh?
Knee
What are the nipples on a pig abdomen called?
Mammary papillae
What is the large almost circular muscle located on the cheek of a pig?
Masseter muscle
What is the triangular shaped gland ventral to the pinna in the cheek of the pig? It is the biggest of all glands
Parotid gland
What is the tube emerging anterio-ventrally from the largest salivary gland?
Parotid duct
What salivary gland is located closer to the pinna than the largest salivary gland?
Submaxillary gland
What is the flap projecting upwards in the back of the throat?
Epiglottis
What is the area inside the mouth called?
Oral cavity
What is the anterior roof of the mouth called?
Hard palate
What is the posterior roof of the mouth called?
Soft palate
What is the throat called?
Pharynx
What is the opening behind the epiglottis called?
Glottis
What is the large, lobed organ in the abdomen of the pig called?
Liver
What is the thinner tube behind the tube attached to the box-like cartilage structure in the thorax of the pig?
Esophagus
What is the large muscular curtain separating the thorax and the abdomen?
Diaphragm
What is the tube coming directly off of liver?
Hepatic duct
What is the tube coming directly off of gallbladder?
Cystic duct
What is the tube that goes into small intestine and is formed by convergence of two other ducts?
Common bile duct
What is the sac-like organ located beneath the liver?
Stomach
What is the elongated organ attached to the stomach called?
Spleen
What is the lobulated glandular organ underneath the stomach and spleen called?
Pancreas
What is the first part of the intestines directly attached to the stomach called?
Duodenum
What is the green sac located underneath the liver called?
Gallbladder
What is the enlargement where the small intestine joins the large intestine called?
Cecum
What is the compact coiled mass that is shorter, darker and thicker than the small intestine it is attached to?
Spiral colon
What is the posterior part of the large intestine that leads to the anus?
Rectum
What is the tube on the ventral midline that is flanked by the umbilical arteries (if they are present)?
Urinary bladder
What is the large box-shaped structure attached to the tube near the head?
Larynx
What is the tube that is continuous with the large box-shaped structure?
Trachea
What are the two large glands that extend towards the heart?
Thymus gland
What is the gland that lies between the posterior ends of both lobes of the thymus gland?
Thyroid gland
What are the two large cone shaped organs in the thorax?
Lungs
What is the organ that lies between the two large cone shaped organs in the thorax?
Heart
What is the thin membrane around the heart?
Pericardium
What is the vein heading towards the neck that is closer to the trachea?
Internal jugular vein
What is the vein heading towards the neck that is further from the trachea?
External jugular vein
What is the large thick vein that collects blood from anterior veins and goes directly into heart?
Cranial vena cava
What is the flap-like chamber at the top of the heart?
L or R Atrium
What is the chamber at the bottom of the heart?
L or R Ventricle
What is the thick blood vessel directly attached to the right ventricle?
Pulmonary trunk
What is the thick blood vessel directly attached to the left ventricle and is first seen coming out the top of the heart?
Aortic arch
What is the junction between the pulmonary artery and the descending aorta?
Ductus arteriosis
What is the first branch of the aortic arch?
Brachiocephalic artery
What is the second branch of the aortic arch?
Left subclavian artery
What is the first branch of the brachiocephalic artery?
Right subclavian artery
What are the V shaped branchs of the brachiocephalic artery after the r. subclavian a.?
L&R common carotid arteries
What is the artery running down the left ventricle?
Left coronary artery
What is the artery running down the right ventricle?
Right coronary artery
What is the branch of the descending aorta immediately posterior to the diaphragm?
Celiac artery
What is the branch of the descending aorta following the celiac artery?
Mesenteric artery
What is the branch of the descending aorta that supplies the kidneys?
L&R Renal arteries
What is the larger and thicker of the branches of the common iliac artery at the caudal end?
L&R External iliac a.
What are the two very large arteries at the caudal end?
umbilical arteries
What is the tube that leaves from kidney and runs along with the L&R external iliac a.?
Ureter
What are the two retroperitoneal bean-shaped organs in the abdomen?
L&R Kidneys
What is the large vein that drains the lower extremeities and abdominal area and goes into the heart?
Caudal vena cava
What is the first branch of the cranial vena cava?
L&R Brachiocephalic v.
What are the two branches of the brachiocephalic v.?
- L&R Jugular
2. L&R subclavian
What is the blood vessel that connects the kidney to the caudal vena cava?
L&R renal veins
What is the vein that goes into the liver?
Umbilical vein
What is the large vein running laterally at the caudal end near the umbilical artery?
L&R External iliac vein
What is the tube that is continuous with the urinary bladder and exits the body?
Urethra
What are the paired, small bean-shaped structures located posterior to the kidneys?
Ovaries
What is the coiled tube leading to the ovary?
Uterine horns
What are the narrow tubes continuous with the uterine horns and near the ovaries?
Oviducts
What is the organ that lies dorsal to the urinary bladder and urethra and is continuous with the uterine horns?
Uterus
What is the caudal end of the uterus that leads to the outside of the body called?
Vagina
What is the posterior common passageway of the urethra and vagina?
Urogenital sinus
What is the extremely coiled tube on the dorsal surface of each testis?
Epididymis
What are the large glands in the male pig at the caudal end with a long cord attached?
Testes
What is the tube continuous with the epididymis that is part of the cord attached to the large gland at the caudal end of the male pig?
Vas deferens
What are the smaller glands that flank the urethra at the caudal end of the pig?
Bulbourethral glands
