pig practicum

Question 1

umbilical arteries/veins

Answer 1

carry wastes from the fetus to the placenta

Question 2

urogenital opening

Answer 2

the common passageway for urine and reproductive cells
females urogenital opening is below the tail and anus
in the male the urogenital opening is on the ventral body surface posterior to the umbilical cord

Question 3

gall bladder

Answer 3

small greenish sac partly embedded in the liver

stores bile a secretion of the liver that functions in the digestion of fatsw

Question 4

bile duct

Answer 4

a thin tube thAt carries bile from the gall bladder to the small intestine

Question 5

esophagus

Answer 5

joins the stomach at the anterior end

Question 6

cardiac valve

Answer 6

separates the stomach from the esophagus

Question 7

pyloric valve

Answer 7

the stomach and small intestine join

Question 8

spleenq

Answer 8

round reddish brown along the right edge of the stomach

spleen stores blood and breaks down worn out red blood cells

Question 9

pancreas

Answer 9

secretes digestive enzymes into the small through the pancreatic duct

Question 10

mesentary

Answer 10

thin tissue that helds together digestive organs

Question 11

small intestine

Answer 11

completes digestion and absorbs the digested food into the bloodstream

Question 12

duodenum

Answer 12

first 3 to 4 cm of the small intestine below the stomach

Question 13

umbilical vein

Answer 13

carries blood containing food and oxygen from the placenta to the fetus

Question 14

large intestine

Answer 14

ions and nutrients released by gut bacteria and dissolved in water are also ansorbed in the large intestine and used by the body for metabolism

Question 15

cecum

Answer 15

the small intestine and large intestine join

Question 16

diaphram

Answer 16

muscular sheet, separates the abdominal cavity from the thoracic cavity

Question 17

pericardium

Answer 17

transparent membrane covering the heart

Question 18

thymus gland

Answer 18

partially covering heart

Question 19

four chambers of the heart

Answer 19

right atrium and left atrium on top, collect blood as it enters the heart
lower chambers, right ventricle and left ventricle, pump blood to the lungs and other body parts

Question 20

anterior vena cava and posterior vena cava

Answer 20

two large veins that enter the right atrium on the dorsal surface
return blood to the heart from the anterior and posterior parts of the body

Question 21

pulmonary veins

Answer 21

return blood from the lungs to the heart

Question 22

pulmonary artery

Answer 22

leaves the right ventricle to carry blood to the lungs

Question 23

aorta

Answer 23

under the thymus

this large artery carries blood from the left ventricle to the rest of the body

Question 24

ductus arteriosus

Answer 24

short vessel connecting the pulmonary artery to the aorta

allows blood to bypass the lungs before birth

Question 25

coronary arteries and coronary veins

Answer 25

on the surface of the heart

Question 26

trachea

Answer 26

windpipe neck region branches into each lung anterior end of the trachea is enlarged

Question 27

larynx

Answer 27

voicebox | contains the pigs vocal chords

Question 28

thyroid gland

Answer 28

reddish lying posterior to the larynx this gland produces hormones that regulate metabolism

Question 29

pharynx

Answer 29

passageway leading to the trachea and esophagus

Question 30

glottis

Answer 30

opening through which air enters the larynx

Question 31

epiglottis

Answer 31

small flap of cartilage that covers the emtrance to the glottis

Question 32

renal arteries and renal veins

Answer 32

arteries branch off the aorta and bring blood to the kidneys veins lie below the renal arteries they carry blood from the kidneys to the posterior vena cava, which in turn brings blood back to the heart

Question 33

ureter

Answer 33

whitish tube leading from the concave side of each kidney | carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder

Question 34

urinary bladder

Answer 34

urine is temporarily stored | located in the flap containing the umbilical cord

Question 35

urethra

Answer 35

urine is then carried from the bladder to the urogenital opening by a tune called the urethra

Question 36

ovaries

Answer 36

yellowish white | lying posterior to the kidneys

Question 37

fallopian tubes (oviducts)

Answer 37

leading from each ovary | in the adult female, eggs break through the ovary wall and ent the oviducts

Question 38

common uterus

Answer 38

trace the oviducts to this | at the base of the common uterus there is a construction called the cervix

Question 39

vagina

Answer 39

posterior to the cervix | the vagina leads to the urogenital opening

Question 40

scrotal sacs

Answer 40

during the late stages of development the testes descen into these savs

Question 41

inguinal canal

Answer 41

if the testis has not yet descended, it will be found in the abdominal cavity in a tube called the inguinal canal

Question 42

epididymis

Answer 42

sperm cells produced in the testes pass into the epididymus, a coiled tubule attached to the testes

Question 43

vas deferens

Answer 43

the epididymus traces it through the inguinal canal wh it becomes the vas deferens notice that the vas deferns loops over the ureters and enters the urethra