PIG PRACTICAL BIOL 431 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Rectum - Answer--digestive
-feces formation, storage; absorb remaining water, process indigestible materials
Anus - Answer--digestive
-opening for defecation
Soft Palate - Answer--digestive
-closes off oral cavity from nasal and pharyngeal passage during swallowing
Hard Palate - Answer--digestive
-separate oral cavity from nasal cavity; helps with breathing and chewing
Peritoneum - Answer--digestive
-suspends conduit/tube for food and air
Mesentary - Answer--digestive
-hold internal organs in place; provide internal organs with bloody supply and nervous
input
Facial Nerve - Answer--nervous
-Innervates Taste Buds, facial nerves, & salivary glands
Phrenic Nerve - Answer--nervous
-innervates diaphragm
Vagus Nerve - Answer--nervous
-helps regulate heart beat, innervates heart
Tongue - Answer--muscular
-manipulates food during chewing and initiates swallowing; permits enjoyment and
appreciation of ingested food (taste buds)
Diaphragm - Answer--muscular
-separates thoracic cavity from lower abdominopelvic cavity; aids in respiration
Epiglottis - Answer--respiratory
-closes off the respiratory passageways to incoming food or drink; directs air and food
into correct tubes
Larynx - Answer--respiratory
-air passage (maintains open airway); direct food and air; voice production
, Trachea - Answer--respiratory
-"windpipe," brings air to lungs
Lungs - Answer--respiratory
-excrete CO2, enable gas exchange between atmosphere and body
Apical bronchus - Answer--respiratory
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right primary bronchus - Answer--respiratory
left primary bronchus - Answer--respiratory
Mammary Papillae - Answer--integumentary
-allows mature females to suckle their young
Nictitating Membrane - Answer--integumentary
-helps keep eyeball clean by sweeping across it. protects and moistens eye
Genital Papillae (females) - Answer--integumentary
-egg and sperm deposition. covers opening of vagina
Scrotum (males) - Answer--integumentary
-contains and protects the testes
Urogenital Opening-Male and Female - Answer--integumentary
-bodily waste and reproductive fluids are expelled
Kidneys - Answer--urinary
-removal of nitrogenous wastes from body; maintain electrolyte, acid-base, and fluid
balances of blood
Ureters (M/F) - Answer--urinary
-drain urine from kidneys to bladder
Urethra - Answer--urinary
-carry urine; transport urine to body exterior. it is a tube
Allontoic (urinary bladder) - Answer--urinary
-holds urine, allowing urination to be infrequent and voluntary
Uterus (F) - Answer--reproductive
-implantation of fertilized egg; houses embryo or fetus during development
Uterine horns/tube (F) - Answer--reproductive
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Rectum - Answer--digestive
-feces formation, storage; absorb remaining water, process indigestible materials
Anus - Answer--digestive
-opening for defecation
Soft Palate - Answer--digestive
-closes off oral cavity from nasal and pharyngeal passage during swallowing
Hard Palate - Answer--digestive
-separate oral cavity from nasal cavity; helps with breathing and chewing
Peritoneum - Answer--digestive
-suspends conduit/tube for food and air
Mesentary - Answer--digestive
-hold internal organs in place; provide internal organs with bloody supply and nervous
input
Facial Nerve - Answer--nervous
-Innervates Taste Buds, facial nerves, & salivary glands
Phrenic Nerve - Answer--nervous
-innervates diaphragm
Vagus Nerve - Answer--nervous
-helps regulate heart beat, innervates heart
Tongue - Answer--muscular
-manipulates food during chewing and initiates swallowing; permits enjoyment and
appreciation of ingested food (taste buds)
Diaphragm - Answer--muscular
-separates thoracic cavity from lower abdominopelvic cavity; aids in respiration
Epiglottis - Answer--respiratory
-closes off the respiratory passageways to incoming food or drink; directs air and food
into correct tubes
Larynx - Answer--respiratory
-air passage (maintains open airway); direct food and air; voice production
, Trachea - Answer--respiratory
-"windpipe," brings air to lungs
Lungs - Answer--respiratory
-excrete CO2, enable gas exchange between atmosphere and body
Apical bronchus - Answer--respiratory
-
right primary bronchus - Answer--respiratory
left primary bronchus - Answer--respiratory
Mammary Papillae - Answer--integumentary
-allows mature females to suckle their young
Nictitating Membrane - Answer--integumentary
-helps keep eyeball clean by sweeping across it. protects and moistens eye
Genital Papillae (females) - Answer--integumentary
-egg and sperm deposition. covers opening of vagina
Scrotum (males) - Answer--integumentary
-contains and protects the testes
Urogenital Opening-Male and Female - Answer--integumentary
-bodily waste and reproductive fluids are expelled
Kidneys - Answer--urinary
-removal of nitrogenous wastes from body; maintain electrolyte, acid-base, and fluid
balances of blood
Ureters (M/F) - Answer--urinary
-drain urine from kidneys to bladder
Urethra - Answer--urinary
-carry urine; transport urine to body exterior. it is a tube
Allontoic (urinary bladder) - Answer--urinary
-holds urine, allowing urination to be infrequent and voluntary
Uterus (F) - Answer--reproductive
-implantation of fertilized egg; houses embryo or fetus during development
Uterine horns/tube (F) - Answer--reproductive
