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tongue
taste, speech
teeth
grind food
esophagus
transports food from pharynx to stomach
stomach
stores and grinds food while mixing it with enzymes to break it down
gallbladder
stores bile
liver
produces bile
pancreas
produces enzymes for digestion
small intestine
absorbs nutrients of food
large intestine
absorbs water and produces feces
mesentary
anchors the small intestine and delivers blood vessels to intestine
parotoid gland
produces saliva
parotoid duct
transports saliva into the mouth
omentum
protects organs
rectum
stores feces
kidney
filter blood by taking out nitrogenous wastes and turning it into urine
ureter
transports urine from kidneys to bladder
urinary bladder
stores urine
urethra
transports urine from bladder out of the body
trachea
transports air
larynx
contains and protects vocal cords
epiglottis
cartilage that prevents the return of food
bronchii
transports air to the trachea and lungs
diaphragm
muscles that causes inhalation when it contracts
lungs
exchange oxygen for carbon dioxide in the bloodstream
ovary
produces hormones and egg cells
fallopian tube
transports egg from ovary to uterus
uterer horn
(cat) where babies are developed
uterus
nourishes and develops a baby
vagina
transports sperm In and baby/egg out
teste
produce sperm and testosterone
epididymis
stores sperm
vas (ductus) deferens
transports sperm from testes/epididymis to seminal vesicle
seminal vesicle
produces semen
prostate
produces small amount of fluid to add to semen
penis
carries urine and ejaculatory fluid
lymph nodes
stores white blood cells to fight infection
spleen
stores white blood cells and breaks down red blood cells
heart
pumps blood throughout vessels
thymus
develops/programs white blood cells
aorta
oxygen-rich blood travels from the heart to the rest of the body.
superior vena cava
return deoxygenated blood to the heart from the head and arms.
carotid artery
providing oxygenated blood to the brain/head.