Can you please help me with short answers please Laboratory Review 19 1. What di
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Can you please help me with short answers please Laboratory Review 19 1. What directional term refers to the head end of the fetal pig? 2. If the urogenital opening is just anterior to the anus, is the fetal pig male or female? 3. What space is dorsal to the oral cavity and has three openings? 4. What is the name of the flap that closes during swallowing to prevent food and fluids from entering the trachea? 5. What is the structure that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity? 6. What glandular organ is especially large in fetal pigs since their immune systems ane still developing? 7. Is the trachea ventral or dorsal to the esophagus?Explanation / Answer
1. Cephalic is the term used for head end of the fetal pig.
2. if the pig is male,then we canl see the urogenital opening anterior to the umbilical cord. It is the passageway.
3.Pharyns is the space dorsal to the oral cavity and it has three opening, glottis, esophagus and nasopharynx.
4. The larynx is covered by a small flap of tissue (epiglottis) that automatically closes during swallowing, therby preventing food or drink from entering the airways.
5. The diaphragm separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity in the ventral cavity, which is a thin, dome-shaped sheet of muscle.
6. Thymus gland is the largest ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity (T-cells). It helps the immune system.
7. The esophagus is dorsal or posterior to the trachea.The trachea is anterior or ventral to the esophagus.