Digestive
What is the most obvious organ in the pig's digestive tract?
The liver
What is the large air tube anterior to the lungs?
The trachea
What thin tissue covers the heart?
What are the large-bean-shaped organs called?
Kidneys
What is the main part or big part of the brain called?
The cerebrum
What is sac-like and beneath the liver?
The stomach
What are the clusters or air sacs in the lungs called?
aveoli
What are the lower chambers of the heart called?
ventricles
What organ temporarily stores liquid wastes filtered from the blood?
The urinary bladder
What is the outermost covering of the brain?
Dura mater
What type of digestive system do pigs have?
monogastric or nonruminant
What V-shaped organ lies ventral to the trachea?
The thyroid gland
What is the large artery that transports blood from the left ventricle?
The aorta
What is the tube that carries urine out of the body called?
The urethra
The bulbs at the front of the brain that control smell are called what?
The olfactory bulbs
What is the ring-shaped muscle that controls food leaving the stomach?
What organ contains the vocal cords?
The larynx
What are the veins that enter the left atrium?
The pulmonary veins
In the female pig, what tubes carry eggs from the ovaries?
The fallopian tubes
What is the fissure that separates the left and right hemispheres of the cerebellum?
The vermis
What is the tissue that holds the small intestine together?
mesentery
What lies at the back of the nasal cavity to take oxygen down to the lungs?
The pharynx
What is the shunt that sends fetal blood straight to the aorta instead of to the lungs called?
ductus arteriosus
In the male pig, what tube do sperm cells pass through to the Urethra?
The vas deferens
What is the part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the brain and controls all vital functions of the body?
The medulla oblongata