pig practicum functions (i hate this class)

umbilical cord

to carry food and oxygen from mother to fetus; circulatory

mammary papillae

how young mammals obtain milk; reproductive

male urogenital opening

penis; organ that excretes urine and sperm

female urogenital opening

vagina; organ that excretes urine and sperm

masseter muscle

responsible for mastication (chewing); digestive

epiglottis

to prevent food from going into the lungs when swallowing; digestive

soft palate

plays essential role in breathing and swallowing; digestive

hard palate

separate the oral and nasal cavities; digestive

coronary artery

supplies blood to the heart muscle; cardio

left atrium

takes oxygenated blood from the pulmonary veins though the bicuspid valve to the left ventricle; cardio

right atrium

takes deoxygenated blood from the vena cava through the tricuspid valve to right ventricle; cardio

left ventricle

Takes oxygenated blood from the bicuspid valve through the aortic valve to the aorta; cardio

right ventricle

takes deoxygenated blood from tricuspid valve, though the pulmonary trunk to the lungs; cardio

aorta

distributes oxygenated blood to the body from the heart; cardio

vena cava

takes deoxygenated blood to the right atrium; cardio

pulmonary trunk

transporting deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs; cardio

pulmonary veins

transfer oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atria; cardio

larynx

to carry air between the lungs and the body's exterior; respiratory

thyroid gland

secretes hormones that control metabolism; endocrine

trachea

to provide airflow to and from the lungs; respiratory

bronchi tubes

let air in and out of your lungs through the trachea; respiratory

lungs

to breathe in oxygen and expel carbon dioxide; respiratory

alveoli

where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged; respiratory

diaphragm

pushes airflow in and out of the lungs; respiratory

esophagus

To carry food, liquids, and saliva from the mouth to stomach; digestive

stomach

breaks down food into smaller particles mechanically and chemically; digestive

liver

to detoxify chemicals and produce bile; digestive

gallbladder

store and release bile into the small intestine; digestive

pancreas

produce digestive enzymes that regulate blood sugar; digestive

spleen

filtering the blood; digestive

small intestine

to absorb nutrients and minerals from food; digestive

large intestine

To absorb water from the chyme and transmit waste material from the body; digestive

mesentery

Tissue that holds together the small intestine; digestive

kidneys

cleans blood, forms urine, and balance body fluids; digestive

ureters

to get urine from the kidneys to the bladder; urinary

bladder

to store urine; urinary

urethra

the tube that carries urine out of the body; urinary

fallopian tubes

a pathway for the egg to travel from the ovary to the uterus; reproductive

ovaries

to produce eggs, reproduction hormones, and estrogen; reproductive

uterus

receives a fertilized egg and protects the fetus while it develops; reproductive

testes

to produce sperm and testosterone; reproductive

scrotal sacs

responsible for protecting the testes; reproductive

cerebrum

controls movement, speech, intelligence, emotion, and what we see and hear; nervous

gyri

ridges projecting outward from the brain; nervous

sulci

Fissures indenting the brain; nervous

longitudinal fissure

indention that runs laterally between the right and left cerebral hemispheres; nervous

diencephalon

processing center for sensory information; nervous

corpus callosum

ensures both sides of the brain can communicate; nervous

brain stem

Regulates most of the body's automatic functions; nervous

cerebellum

involved with the control of muscles and coordination; nervous