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The Digestive System
The Respiratory System
The Circulatory System
Pig Dissection
Bonus
100
Where peristalsis happens to move food to the stomach.
What is the esophagus?
100
Closes the airway when swallowing food.
what is the epiglottis?
100
A "wall" that keeps the oxygenated and deoxgynated blood separated.
What is the septum?
100
A thin bone that is located in the roof of the mouth.
What is the hard palate?
100
Blocks your nasal passage when swallowing food or drinks.
What is the uvula?
200
Contains acid and other gastric juices for chemical breakdown.
What is a stomach?
200
Hollow space that warms, moistens, and filters incoming air?
What is the nasal passage?
200
Stops the backward flow of blood.
What are the valves?
200
This structure is lobed and is the largest organ in the pigs body. This structure is responsible for making bile for digestion.
What is the liver?
200
Tiny sacs, surrounded by capillaries, where gases are exchanged in the lungs.
What is alveoli?
300
Increases the surface area for absorbing food, nutrients, and water.
What is villi?
300
keeps the nose moist, and blocks bacteria before entering into the lungs.
What is the function of mucus?
300
Respiration, maintaining body temperature, waste removal, immunity, and cellular communication.
What are the 5 functions of the circulatory system?
300
Female pigs have a _______ ________ near the genital opening.
What is the urogenital papilla?
300
Turns brown because of leftover blood cells.
What is feces?
400
Breakdown of complex organic molecules into smaller components by physical and chemical means.
What is ingestion?
400
Name 1 out of the 2 muscles used in the lungs.
What is the diaphragm, or intercostal muscles?
400
A) Red blood cells B)White blood cells C)Platelets - cells that help blood clot. D)Plasma
What are the 4 blood components, and what is the function of platelets?
400
At the end of the ileum, a "dead-end" branch is visible. The ______ helps the pig digest plant material.
What is the cecum?
400
Blood component that has hemoglobin, to carry oxygen and carbon dioxide.
What are red blood cells?
500
Pepsin, trypsin, peptidases.
What are the names of digestive enzymes in proteins?
500
Glucose + Oxygen --> Carbon dioxide + Water The chemical process of making energy in the cell.
What is cellular respiration?
500
Name the 3 blood vessels from largest to smallest.
What are the arteries, veins, and capillaries?
500
In the small intestine, further digestion occurs and nutrients are absorbed through the arteries in the ________.
What is the mesentery?
500
Parietal cell
What are the cells that are responsible for creating the hydrochloric acid in the stomach?