Pigs and Humans

Artifact 3

ANATOMICAL REFERENCES
Anterior and posterior Terms used at the beginning
Dorsal and ventral of time and still used today
Medial and lateral
Proximal and distal
 SEXING YOUR PIG
Sex of the pig male

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Tongue tongue/sensory papillae​-
Sensory papillae detects things that are deadly
Hard palette Hard palette​- protects skull &
brain
Soft palette Soft palate-​ enables you to
swallow
Unerupted teeth Teeth​- mechanical digestion
Pharynx Pharynx​- directs what going in
Epiglottis Epiglottis​- prevents food from
entering your trachea
Esophagus Esophagus​- squeezes food
down stomach
Stomach Stomach​- digestion by
chemicals
Small intestines Small intestines​- food
absorbed by villi
Large intestines Large intestines​- water is
absorbed
 EXCRETORY SYSTEM
Kidneys Kidneys​- filter blood,
baroreceptors controls blood
pressure
Blood vessels​- carry blood to
Renal blood vessels and from kidneys
Ureters​- carry urine to the
Ureters bladder
Bladder​- stores urine
Bladder
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
Heart Heart-​ circulates oxygen and
carbon dioxide
Lungs Lungs​- Alveoli absorb oxygen

REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
Male Male pig; reproduces species

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Upper respiratory tract:
Nares Nares​- nostrils smell toxins
and stuff
Mouth Mouth​- all the chemicals and
mechanicals means to start
digesting food
 Glottis​- opening to trachea
Glotis
Lower respiratory tract​ Larynx​- voice box made of
Larynx muscle
Trachea​- windpipe; gives
Trachea oxygen in and carbon dioxide
out
Bronchi/ Bronchioles- Carries
Bronchi oxygen in and carbon dioxide
Bronchioles out

NERVOUS SYSTEM
Midsagittal plane
Cerebrum Cerebrum​- coordination of
voluntary activity
Cerebellum Cerebellum-​ gets info from
sensory systems and parts of
the brain and uses them to fix
motor activity
Corpus callosum Corpus callosum-
communicates with left/right
hemispheres of brain
Brain stem Brain stem-​ transfers
messages from brain to the
body; controls basic body
functions
Thalamus-​ relays motor and
Thalamus sensory signals to the
cerebral cortex