Rat Dissection

Question 1

Esophagus

Answer 1

Carries food from the mouth to the stomach.

Question 2

Trachea

Answer 2

Delivers air from the mouth and nose to the lungs.

Question 3

Lungs

Answer 3

Oxygenates the blood and sends it back to the heart.

Question 4

Diaphragm

Answer 4

The muscle below the lungs that help control breathing.

Question 5

Liver

Answer 5

Produces bile and filters out toxins in the blood.

Question 6

Stomach

Answer 6

Churns and breaks down food

Question 7

Spleen

Answer 7

Part of the immune system and filters out white blood cells.

Question 8

Pancreas

Answer 8

Produces enzymes to break down food and produces hormone insulin.

Question 9

Large Intestine

Answer 9

Absorbs water and liquid .

Question 10

Small Intestine

Answer 10

Absorbs nutrients from broken down food.

Question 11

Kidney

Answer 11

Filters out toxins and waste in blood.

Question 12

Heart

Answer 12

Pumps blood to the rest of the body.

Question 13

Atrium (right and left)

Answer 13

Pumps blood into the ventricles.

Question 14

Ventricle (right and left)

Answer 14

Right Ventricle - Pumps deoxygenated blood into the pulmonary artery.

Left ventricle - Pumps oxygenated blood to the aorta to deliver to the rest of the body.