Alimentary Tract Flashcards
1
Q
What is the cloaca?
A
Terminal part of the hindgut
2
Q
What divides the cloaca?
A
Urogenital sinus, forming the anus and urethra
3
Q
What is the allantois?
A
vestigial structure connecting the fetal bladder to the yolk sac
4
Q
Why do the vagus nerves sit on the anterior and posterior aspects of the stomach?
A
The stomach twists taking the mesentary with it so the left CNX is anterior and the right posterior
5
Q
Where do the liver and gall bladder come from?
A
The hepatic diverticulum
6
Q
Which organ forms as two buds, a dorsal and ventral one?
A
Pancreas
7
Q
What is meckels diverticulum?
A
When the yolk sac hasnt been obliterated
