Fetal Pig Anatomy by Grant

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