Tissues and Organs

Question 1

Mesentery

Answer 1

Delicate membrane in which lie the arteries and veins carrying blood to and from the gut

Question 2

liver

Answer 2

dark red with several lobes under the diaphragm

detoxifies various metabolites

Question 3

Stomach

Answer 3

lies partly under the liver

Main site of digestion

Question 4

Oesophagus

Answer 4

food pipe where the food passes through

Question 5

Duodenum

Answer 5

first section of small intestine

Absorption of iron

Question 6

Cardiac

Answer 6

Anterior portion of the stomach

Question 7

pyloric

Answer 7

Posterior portion of the stomach

Question 8

pancreas

Answer 8

diffuse pink tissue lying in the loop made by the duodenum

produce hormone which circulate the blood

Question 9

Bile Duct

Answer 9

Runs from the liver to the duodenum and lies beside the hepatic portal vein
tube like structure that carry bile (fluid that aid in digestion)

Question 10

Hepatic portal vein

Answer 10

large blood vessel bearing blood from the gut to the liver

Question 11

Small intestine

Answer 11

end absorption of food take place

Question 12

jejunum

Answer 12

second part of small intestine lies between duodenum and ileum

Question 13

ileum

Answer 13

Final part of small intestine

Question 14

caecum

Answer 14

First part of the large intestine where the digested food enters from the small intestine

Question 15

Colon

Answer 15

Large intestine

water absorbed waste is stored as feces

Question 16

Rectum

Answer 16

end of large intestine

site of storage of stool

Question 17

anus

Answer 17

bottom of the rectum and where the waste exist the body

Question 18

spleen

Answer 18

dark red strap- shaped organ lying near the stomach involved in the immune system

Question 19

Kidney

Answer 19

Attached to the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity

Question 20

renal

Answer 20

relating to kidney

Question 21

adrenal gland

Answer 21

small yellowish bodies above each kidney

Question 22

Portal vein

Answer 22

take blood to and from a capillary system

Question 23

Dorsal Aorta

Answer 23

largest artery in the body

arise arties such as coeliac

Question 24

renal arteries

Answer 24

renal arteries normally arise off the left interior side of the abdominal aorta, immediately below the superior mesenteric artery, and supply the kidneys with blood.

Question 25

Renal veins

Answer 25

draining blood from the urete