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| Dominance of mammals in comparison to other chordates is considered the result of |
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| more highly developed nervous system |
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Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Artiodactyla
Genus Sus (italic)
Species domesticus (italic) |
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| describes movement of a body part toward the midline |
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| describes movement of a body part away from the midline |
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| describes movement that decreases the angle between two bones |
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| describes a movement that increases the angle between two bones |
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| describes the portion of a structure closer to the body |
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| describes the portion of the structure farther away from the body |
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| body of the pig is divided into 4 main regions |
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1. head
2. neck
3. trunk - from which appendages attach
4. tail |
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| trunk divided into two sections |
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thorax - anterior portion, encased by ribs
abdomen - posterior portion |
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| stiff sensory hairs on the snout |
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| third eyelid, covers the medial corner of the eye, moves across eyeball to keep it clean |
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| In pigs which digit has been lost? |
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| the first digit, corresponding to our thumb or big toe |
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| the posture of a pig is called |
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| digitigrade, meaning they walk on their toes |
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| the posture of a human is called |
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| plantigrade, meaning we walk on our foot |
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| humans are bipedal, whereas pigs are |
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| quadrupedal, because they walk on all four feet |
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| function of the umbilical cord |
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| supplies food and oxygen for the fetus from the mother and aids in the movement of wastes from the fetus to the placenta |
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| four tubes of umbilical cord |
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umbilical vein: carries blood from the placenta to the fetal heart
umbilical arteries: (2) carry blood away from the fetus
allantoic duct: removal of waste products |
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male - swelling of scrotal sacs ventral to the tail, urogenital opening on mid-ventral surface of abdomen
female - urogenital opening ventral to anus |
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| 3 main functions of skeleton |
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1. supports the body
2. protects delicate structures
3. provides area for muscle attachment |
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| Skeleton of vertebrates divided into two regions |
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1. Axial: form the axis of the body
2. Appendicular: limbs and other supporting girdles |
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| 5 sections of the vertebral column |
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1. cervical
2. thoracic
3. lumbar
4. sacral
5. caudal |
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| function of thyroid gland |
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| endocrine gland producing thyroxin used to maintain high level of metabolism and heat production |
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| production, storage and elimination of red blood cells |
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| secretes enzymes that break down all major categories of food, also contains endocrine patches that produce insulin, a hormone essential for normal carbohydrate metabolism |
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