Pig Dissection Review

1. What structures are found on the anterior portion of the pig?

2. What structures are found on the posterior portion of the pig?

3. What structures are found on the ventral surface of the pig?

4. What structures are found on the dorsal surface of the pig?

5. What systems is the liver a part of?

6. What circular muscle is used to close tubes or openings?

7. What is the pouch at the end of the large intestine?

8. What two large blood vessels are along the midline of the dorsal surface of the abdomen?

9. To what structures are the kidneys attached?

10. Where is the urinary bladder located in the pig?

11. What is attached to the ovaries?

12. What kind of fertilization do pigs have?

13. Where are sperm produced in a pig?

14. Where are the testes found in a pig?

15. What covers the lungs?

16. What are the chambers in a pig heart?

17. What kind of circulation does a pig have?

18. What is the function of the ductus arteriosus?

19. What holds the trachea open?

20. What is the function of the larynx?

21. What is the glottis?

22. What is the function of the lens?

23. What is the function of the umbilical cord?

24. What separates the thoracic and abdominal cavity?

25. What is the small greenish sack found under the liver?

26. What protects the stomach from digesting itself?

27. Trace a drop of urine from the kidney to the outside.

28. Arteries take blood away from the heart, while veins carry blood toward the heart. List the major arteries and veins you found around the fetal pig heart.

29. What two body cavities are separated by the diaphragm?

30. What membrane covers the organs of the abdomen?

31. List, in order, the structures through which an egg passes as it goes from the ovary to the uterus.

32. Trace the path that sperm follow from the testis to the site of fertilization in the female reproductive tract.

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