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| This is the largest internal organ int the pig's body. It consists of four main lobes. Locate each. The liver has many functions, but one of those is to make bile to aid in fat digestion. |
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| Lift the lower lobe of the liver into which the umbilical vein enters. Embedded in the wall of lower surface of this lobe you will find the gallbladder. It is a greenish brown color. This stores bile which helps digest fat. |
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| Narrow coiled tube that occupies the majority of the space not occupied by the liver in the abdominal cavity. |
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| a series of coils that are larger than the coils of the small intestine. |
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| embedded in mesentery near the stomach underneath the coils of the small intestine. |
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| the stomach is a soft pouch lying on the pig's left side(your right) between the liver and the small intestine. |
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| the spleen is a dark-colored , finger-like projection that folds across the left side of the abdominal cavity between the stomach and the large intestine. |
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| lift the coils of the small intestine on both sides, and the bean-shaped kidneys will be visible. |
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| the urinary bladder stores urine that is filtered from the blood by the kidneys. |
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| this is a thin muscle that forms a dome-shaped seal between the thoracic and abdominal cavities. |
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| this organ is locate don either side of the heart. |
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| this is the windpipe found in the neck area. |
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| this structure is located along the trachea. it is the "voice-box" of the pig. |
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