Fetal Pig
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- External Nares
- sensing chemicals dissolved in air
- eye lids
- protect the eye and help clean the eye
- mammary papillae
- provide milk for newborn young
- scrotal sacs
- maintains the temperature of the testes at a slighter lower temperature
- umbilical cord
- carries nutrient and oxygen-rich blood to the fetus and removes metabolic waste products
- vibrasse
- for tactile sensations
- sclera
- protects the eye from damage
- pupil
- regulates the amount of light that enters the eye
- optic nerve
- send information from the eye to the brain
- nicitating membrane
- protects and cleans the eye
- retina
- contains the photoreceptive cells
- iris
- regulates the amount of light that enters the eye
- lens
- focus images on the retina
- vitreous humor
- provides support and cushioning for the lens and internal structures of the eye
- papillae
- help to manipulate food in the pigs mouth
- epiglottis
- prevents food from entering the larynx and trachea when swallowing
- esophagus
- connects mouth to stomach
- stomach
- produces hcl acid that aids in the chemical breakdown of food
- pancreas
- produces digestive enzymes and delivers them through pancreatic duct to duodenum
- caecum
- contains anaerobic bacteria responsible for fermentation of cellulose and other plant materials
- illeum
- continues process of nutrient absorption and reabsorption of water
- gall bladder
- stores bile for breakdown of fats
- mesentery
- suspends body organs in the abdominal cavity and holds them together
- common bile duct
- carries the bile into the duodenum
- liver
- produces bile, converts glucose to glycogen for storage, detoxifies many constituents of the absorbed digested compunds
- spleen
- recycles old red blood cells, stores them, and releases them into the circulatory system
- duodenum
- recieves chyme from the stomach along with secretory ezymes from the gall bladder and pancreas
- jejunum
- responsible for majority of nutrient absorption and reabsorption of water
- colon
- responsible for reabsorption of water and electrolytes; produces feces
- rectum
- final site of water reabsoprtion and feces production
- pyloris
- opens to allow chyme to enter the duodenum and regulates drainage of the stomach
- peritoneum
- encloses and protects organs
- mesenteric veins
- pumps blood from small intestines
- pulmonary arch
- carry deoxygenated blood from right ventricle to lungs
- aortic arch
- brings oxygenated blood to the upper body
- cranial vena cava
- return deoxygenated blood from cranial area to heart
- caudal vena cava
- return deoxygenated blood from caudal area to heart
- right ventricle
- pumps blood out into an artery
- left ventricle
- pumps blood out into an artery
- dorsal aorta
- carries oxygenated blood from left ventricle to caudal area
- right atrium
- recieves blood
- left atrium
- recieves blood
- right subclavian artery
- supplies blood to right arm and shoulder
- left subclavian artery
- supplies blood to left arm and shoulder
- renal arteries
- supplies kidneys with blood
- left and right carotid artery
- supply blood to brain
- brachiocephalic artery
- supplies upper body with blood
- internal jugular veins
- drains blood from brain
- external jugular veins
- drains blood from scalp and face
- trachea
- air transported through
- lungs
- oxygen exchanged for carbon dioxide
- larynx
- contains vocal cords
- hepatic portal vein
- carries blood from stomach, small intestines, and spleen to liver
- renal vein
- carry blood from away from kidneys
- coronary artery
- supplies freshly oxygenated blood to heart
- umbilical artery
- carries oxygen right blood from fetus to placenta
- umbilical vein
- carries oxygen poor blood from placenta to fetus
- adrenal gland
- produces hormones which mediate responses to stressful situations and control blood pressure and carbohydrate and protein metabolisms
- thyroid
- produces thyroxin and calcitonin
- thymus
- produces thymosin
- diaphragm
- seperates the thoracic and abdominal cavities; ventilate the lungs
- kidney
- creates urine; maintains homeostatic balance of slats, fluids and ions
- penis
- deposits semen; carries excretory wastes
- epididymus
- stores and transports mature sperm
- oviduct
- tube through which the egg is carried
- uterus
- place where embryonic development occurs
- vagina
- female reproductive canal
- bladder
- holds urine
- testes
- produces sperm and hormones
- urethra
- transports urine from kidney to bladder
- cerebrum
- integrates movements of skeletal muscles and controls coordination and balance
- spinal cord
- extension of central nervous system; "information highway" messages run up and down
- pinna
- the opening which funnels sound; directs sound into ears
- cornea
- outer covering of the eye
- heart
- circulate the blood
- pericardial membrane
- protects the heart
- external iliac artery
- delivers oxygenated blood to legs