biol320-lab 6

5 main processes of digestion are?

ingestion, propulsion, mechanical and enzymatic digestion, absorption, and elimination

also called the alimentary canal?

gastrointestinal tract

digestive system made of what two parts

alimentary canal and accessory digestive organs

what main veins stem from the IVC?

hepatic vein, iliolumbar vein, common iliac vein

describe the flow of the hepatic vein downstream

liver —> hepatic portal vein —> gastrosplenic vein, superior mesenteric vein, right gastroepiploic vein, anterior pancreaticoduodenal vein

what branches from the superior mesenteric vein?

intestinal veins and posterior pancreaticoduodenal vein

describe the flow of the common iliac vein downstream

median sacral vein (right side only), internal iliac vein, external iliac vein

what branches from external iliac vein?

deep femoral vein, femoral vein

what branches from femoral vein?

lateral femoral circumflex vein, muscular branches of the femoral vein, saphenous vein, superior articular vein

what branches from the aorta?

celiac artery, superior mesenteric artery, adrenolumbar artery, renal artery, gonadal artery, inferior mesenteric artery, iliolumbar artery, external iliac artery, internal iliac artery

what branches from the celiac artery?

splenic artery, left gastric artery, hepatic artery

what branches from the hepatic artery?

gastroduodenal artery, anterior pancreaticoduodenal artery, pyloric/right gastric artery

what branches from the superior mesenteric artery?

middle colic artery, ileocolic artery, intestinal arteries, posterior pancreaticoduodenal artery

what branches from the inferior mesenteric artery?

left colic artery and superior hemorrhoridal artery

what branches from the external iliac artery?

deep femoral artery (in abdomen) and femoral artery

what branches from the femoral artery?

lateral femoral circumflex, muscular branches of femoral artery, saphenous artery, and superior articular artery

what branches from the internal iliac artery?

median sacral artery, umbilical artery

In the feline, which two vessels join to form the hepatic portal vein

Splenic vein and superior mesenteric