Rat Dissection

Question 1

What is anterior? (anatomical position)

Answer 1

in front of

Question 2

what is posterior? (anatomical position)

Answer 2

to the back of/behind

Question 3

what is superior? ( anatomical position)

Answer 3

on top of/towards the head

Question 4

Esophagus

Answer 4

carries food from the mouth to the stomach

Question 5

trachea

Answer 5

delivers air from the mouth to the lungs

Question 6

Lungs

Answer 6

oxygenates blood and sends it to the heart

Question 7

diaphragm

Answer 7

the muscle below the lungs that helps control breathing

Question 8

liver

Answer 8

produces bile and filters out toxins in the blood

Question 9

stomach

Answer 9

churns and breaks down food

Question 10

spleen

Answer 10

part of the immune system and filters out white blood cells

Question 11

pancreas

Answer 11

produces enzymes to break down food from the hormone insulin

Question 12

large intestine

Answer 12

absorbs water and liquid

Question 13

small intestine

Answer 13

absorbs nutrients from broken down food

Question 14

heart

Answer 14

pumps blood to the rest of the body

Question 15

kidney

Answer 15

filters out toxins and water in the blood

Question 16

right and left atrium

Answer 16

pumps blood into the ventricles

Question 17

left ventricle

Answer 17

pumps oxygenated blood to the aorta to deliver to the rest of the body

Question 18

right ventricle

Answer 18

pumps deoxygenated blood to the pulmonary artery