Porcine anatomy Flashcards
Pig VF
C7 T 14-15 L6-7 S4
What are some features of the pig skull?
Tall and wide nuchal surface and paracondylar processes are elongated.
Rostral bone to support snout
Prominent canine prominence
Can you stun pigs via mechanical means?
No they have large frontal sinuses
Pig dental formula?
3/3 1/1 4/4 3/3
What are needle teeth?
Deciduous I3 and canines that are there at birth
What is different about the pig limb?
- Well developed ulna and fibula
- No fused carpal or tarsal bones
- Complete set of MC and MT and digital bones for all 4 digits (only 2 are weight bearing)
What are setae?
Typical body hair of pig and is stick and thick
What are the lobes of the pig lung?
Left: Cranial lobe (divided) and Caudal lobe
Right: Cranial, middle, caudal, and accessory lobe
Which azygos veins do pigs have?
Left no right
How many lobes do the liver of the pig have?
- No papillary process very well-developed lobules
What kind of kidneys do pigs have?
Look smooth on the outside but internally is multilobar
Where is the pig scrotum?
in the perineal position
Which accessory sex glands do pigs have?
- Vesicular glands
- Prostate
- Bulbourethral glands
What type of penis do pigs have?
Fibroelastic penis with sigmoid flexure
Describe the pig ovary.
Many follicles and CL’s projecting from the surface and long mesovarium
