dissection functions

Question 1

Largest artery in the body, carries oxygen rich blood to the entire body

Answer 1

Aorta

Question 2

Top chambers of the heart, receive blood

Answer 2

Atrium (right and left)

Question 3

small fermenting chamber where small and large intestine join

Answer 3

cecum

Question 4

Part of the brain responsible for muscle coordination

Answer 4

cerebellum

Question 5

Part of the brain responsible for thought and all voluntary activity in the brain

Answer 5

cerebrum

Question 6

Layer of muscle which help with breathing

Answer 6

diaphragm

Question 7

Tube which transports food from mouth to stomach

Answer 7

esophagus

Question 8

Small organ which stores and secretes bile, which is used to break up fats

Answer 8

gall bladder

Question 9

Sex organs, make sperm or eggs by meiosis

Answer 9

gonads sex organs

Question 10

filter waste from blood

Answer 10

kidney

Question 11

removes water during digestion and concentrates feces for removal

Answer 11

large intestine-colon

Question 12

heart chamber that pumps oxygenated blood to the entire body-site of most heart attacks

Answer 12

left ventricle

Question 13

chemical factory of the body, makes bile, stores sugar, absorbs and breaks down toxic chemicals

Answer 13

liver

Question 14

organs in which oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged

Answer 14

lungs

Question 15

controls heart rate and breathing rate

Answer 15

medulla oblongata

Question 16

secretes digestive enzymes into stomach, releases hormones, especially insulin which controls sugar levels in the body

Answer 16

pancreas

Question 17

outer protective covering of the heart

Answer 17

pericardium

Question 18

tube which carries blood to lungs to get oxygenated

Answer 18

pulmonary artery

Question 19

heart chamber which pumps blood to the lungs

Answer 19

right ventricle

Question 20

where digestion is completed and nutrients are absorbed

Answer 20

small intestine

Question 21

removes worn out red blood cells and stores lymphocytes which attack pathogens

Answer 21

spleen

Question 22

where most physical digestion occurs, using enzymes and hydrochloric acids

Answer 22

stomach

Question 23

major air tube-windpipe

Answer 23

trachea

Question 24

small tubes which take urine from the kidneys to the bladder for storage

Answer 24

ureter

Question 25

urine storage container

Answer 25

urinary bladder

Question 26

largest veins in the body, return blood back to the heart

Answer 26

vena cava- superior and inferior