Pig Parts

Umbilical Cord:

• A connection that provides a blood supply between mother and fetus. 

Pinnae

The external part of ears that collect sound waves.

External Nares:

• The external part of the nose where air is drawn into the body.  

Mammary Papillae:

The teats of the pig. Provides breast milk for offspring.

Urogenital Opening

• Where urine and reproductive fluids are released from the body. 

Scrotum (male only):

•  Skin that covers the testes and is involved in regulation of temperature. 

Genital Papilla (female only)

 A small piece of tissue that covers the vagina

Anus

Where solid wastes are released from the pig.

Esophagus

• Organ that pushes bolus from the mouth to stomach using peristalsis.

Stomach

• Organ that churns and chemically breaks down partially digested food into chyme. 

Pyloric sphincter

•  A muscle that controls the passage of chyme from the stomach to the small intestine. 

Small intestine

 Organ that is the site of chemical digestion and the bulk of the absorption that occurs during digestion.

Pancreas:

•  Accessory organ that produces digestive enzymes that are secreted into the small intestine. 

Liver:

• Organ that produces bile salts that speed up the breakdown of fats. 

Gallbladder:

Accessory organ that stores bile.

Large intestine

• The organ that is the site of the absorption of water, the breakdown of cellulose by bacterial cells, and the formation of feces. 

Spleen:

An organ that captures and recycles damaged blood cells

Thymus

• An organ that produces some white blood cells. 

Kidney

 An organ that filters blood and produces urine

Renal artery:

• Brings blood to the kidneys to be cleaned. 

Ureter:

The tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder

Urinary bladder:

An organ that stores urine.

Urethra:

• The tube that carries urine from the bladder and out the body.