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Mammals & the Mouth
Umbilical Cord & Neck Region
Thoracic & Abdominal Cavities
Thoracic & Abdominal Cavities II
Urinary System
100
Six of the nine characteristics of mammals given in our lab packet.
What is hair, specialized teeth, muscular diaphragm, soft palate/secondary bony palate, axial & appendicular skeleton, endothermic, homoeothermic, four-chambered heart, skin made of epidermis/dermis/glands.
100
It covers the trachea during swallowing to prevent the passage of food or liquid into the lungs.
What is the epiglottis?
100
Number of chambers in a mammalian heart.
What is four?
100
These organs sit on either side of the heart and have a spongy appearance. They add oxygen and remove carbon dioxide from the body.
What are the lungs?
100
Bean-shaped organs responsible for making urine.
What are the kidneys?
200
The definition of endothermic.
What is, "able to generate heat within their own body."
200
This gland regulates metabolism and produces hormones for growth and development.
What is the thyroid?
200
This organ stores and concentrates bile secreted by the liver.
What is the gallbladder?
200
This organ is the most prominent organ in the abdominal cavity.
What is the liver?
200
This tube carries urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder.
What is the ureter?
300
The definition of homoeothermic.
What is, "able to maintain a constant internal temperature."
300
Highly oxygenated blood is transferred through the ____________. Partially oxygenated blood is removed from the fetus through the _____________. (must be in correct order)
What is the umbilical vein and umbilical artery?
300
This organ is attached to the esophagus and is responsible for further breaking down of food as it is passed to the duodenum.
What is the stomach?
300
This organ digests bacteria, reabsorbs water and forms feces.
What is the large intestine (colon)?
300
The function of the adrenal glands.
What is producing hormones that help the body during stressful situations?
400
The benefit of a mammal having both a soft and a hard palate.
What is it allows the mammal to breathe and eat at the same time.
400
Also called the "windpipe."
What is the trachea?
400
This organ phagocytizes old red blood cells, platelets and bacteria.
What is the spleen?
400
Two functions of the pancreas.
What is secreting digestive enzymes into the duodenum and producing insulin, glucagon and other hormones (important in the regulation of sugar levels and the metabolism of fats and carbohydrates)?
400
This is the name of the outer layer of the kidney.
What is the renal cortex?
500
The four bones that make up the axial skeleton.
What is the skull, spinal column, sternum and ribs.
500
The trachea has a ribbed appearance due to rings which are made of _______________.
What is cartilage?
500
Three functions of the liver.
What are metabolizing carbohydrates and fats; produces bile and bile salts; stores and regulates glycogen, copper and vitamins A, B12, D, E, and K; produces plasma proteins and enzymes; detoxifies poisons and toxins such as alcohol?
500
The names of the three sections of the small intestine.
What is the duodenum, jejunum and ileum?
500
This is the name of the membrane that is seen to be covering the kidneys during our dissection of the urinary system.
What is the peritoneum?