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Rat Anatomy Flashcards

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Skin

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Notes: Covers muscles

Function: protection

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Abdominal muscles

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Notes: Covers abdominal cavity

Function: contain organs

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Esophagus

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Notes: Next to trachea; goes all the way to the stomach

Function: to carry food, liquids, and saliva from mouth to stomach

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Stomach

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Notes: J shaped

Function: digests food

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Mesentary

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Notes: saran-wrap with blood vessels

Function: Organizes small intestine

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Small intestine

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Notes: Attached to stomach

Function: Absorbs nutrients

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Liver

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Notes: Blue/green lobes

Function: detoxifies chemicals and metabolizes drugs

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Pancreas

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Notes: Under spleen; meaty

Function: Digestive enzymes, makes insulin

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Spleen

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Notes: Dark pink color with dark tinge

Function: purifies blood

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Heart

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Notes: Blue veins

Function: pumps blood

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Aorta

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Notes: On top of heart; pink/white; shaped like an arch

Function: Transports blood from heart to body; vessels go to brain

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Vena cava

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Notes: Blue tube; connects to heart

Function: Takes blood to back of heart

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Trachea

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Notes: Rings of cartilage

Function: Rings prevent trachea from slamming shut when diaphragm falls

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Lung

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Notes: Smooth; on either side of heart

Function: Gas exchange

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Diaphragm

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Notes: Thin muscle

Function: Separates thoracic cavity from abdominal cavity

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Kidney

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Notes: Bean shaped, two

Function: Filter blood; take out urea

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Ureters

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Notes: Connects kidney to bladder

Function: Tube that connects kidney to bladder

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Bladder

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Notes: Sticks straight up

Function: Passes urine

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Adrenal glands

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Notes: On top of kidneys

Function: Produces adrenaline/epinephrine

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Testis

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Notes: Large balls

Function: Produces sperm

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Epididymus

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Notes: Located on top of testis

Function: Where sperm matures

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Vas deferens

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Notes: What you cut in a vasectomy

Function: Tube that connects epididymus to penis

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Ovaries

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Notes: Located at top of uterus

Function: Produces eggs

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Uterine horns

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Notes: V shaped

Function: Where babies develop

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Cerebrum

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Notes: the big part

Function: 4 lobes, control higher brain function (thought and action)

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Cerebellum

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Notes: the small part at the back

Function: motor function

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Cecum

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Notes: Called the Appendix in humans; attached to small intestine

Function: Filled with bacteria that breaks down cellulose

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Large intestine

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Notes: Also called colon; leads to anus, connected to cecum

Function: Filled with feces

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