Fetal Pig Anatomy Terminology
Across
- 3. Muscle covered in mucous membranes with areas used for tasting.
- 6. Provide oxygen to the blood and remove carbon dioxide from the blood
- 8. Four chambered muscle used to pump blood.
- 9. Toward the back.
- 10. Holds bile until needed to digest fatty acids.
- 12. Absorbs water and vitamins while converting digested food into feces. Short but largein diameter.
- 14. Brown, flat, oval organ that filters and stores blood.
- 16. Toward the head.
- 17. Remove waste and excess water from the blood.
Down
- 1. Toward the front/belly.
- 2. Small bumps on the tongue (taste buds).
- 4. Hollow organ that expands to store urine produced by kidneys.
- 5. Food storage and digestion.
- 7. Absorbs 90% of the nutrients from feed eaten. Very long, but small in diameter.
- 11. Functions in digestion, metabolism, and storage of nutrients. Bile is produced here which helpsemulsify fats.
- 13. Thin muscular sheet of tissue only found in mammals that separates the chest andabdominal cavities; expands to allow air in the lungs and compresses to expel air.
- 15. Flexible flap at the larynx. Acts as a switch to allow air into the larynx and food into the
- 16. Toward the tail.