Pig Dissection Questions

FETAL PIG DISSECTION HAND-IN

1. How long (metric) is your fetal pig?

2. What sense organs are located on the head & in the mouth?


4. How many toes are present on each foot? _

5. Are the hooves split or fused? _

6. What is the sex of your fetal pig?

7. Where does the digestive tract start & end?

8. What is the purpose of saliva?

9. What is the function of the epiglottis?

10. Fetal pigs receive nourishment from their mother through the_

11. The stomach of a fetal pig won’t be empty because they also drink_

12. How many lobes are their to the pig’s liver?
Give the function?

13 Give the function for:
gall bladder?
pancreas?

14. Name the membranes that attach the internal organs to the body wall._

15. Animals, like pigs, with multiple stomachs are called

16. Name the ridges inside the stomach & give their function.

17. Where are these sections of the stomach found:
esophageal?
cardiac?
pyloric

18. Name the 1st section of the intestine & give its function. _


19. What is the jejunum?
ileum?

20. Give the function of sphincter & where can they be found?_
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21. Food leaves the stomach as a soupy, partly digested material called.

22. Another name for the large intestine is .
Function?

23. The straight, terminal part of the large intestine is the .

24. The lungs are found in what body cavity?_

25. Name the tissue that covers and protects the lungs.

26. Where is the epiglottis & what is its function? _

27. Where is the pharynx located?_

28. Give the function of the larynx._

29. What keeps the trachea from collapsing?_

30. Where is the diaphragm & give its function. _
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31. Does the diaphragm function in the fetus? Explain.
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32. Name the large tubes that enter the lungs._
smaller tubes that branch from these?_
air sacs for gas exchange _

33. Why do the lungs appear collapsed in the fetus?_

34. What is the pericardium?

35. What differences between the atria and the ventricles can you feel with your fingers?

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36. Into what heart chamber does the superior and posterior vena cava open? _­­

37. From what chamber does the aorta arise?_

38. To what structures do the pulmonary arteries lead?_

39. Why does the ductus arteriosus close off at the time of birth?

40. What is the function of coronary circulation?


41. Name the protective membranes covering the brain. _

42. The olfactory lobe at the front of the brain controls what?

43. What part of the skeletal system protects the brain? _

44. Name the largest area of the brain? _
How many hemispheres does this lobe have? _

45. Give the function of the following:
Cerebrum?

Cerebellum?

Medulla oblongata?

Spinal cord?