Pig Digestive Dissection Questions 1. Which digestive organ is the longest? Why?
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Pig Digestive Dissection Questions 1. Which digestive organ is the longest? Why? 2. Which digestive organ has the thickest walls? Why? 3. What does the liver do for your pig? (2 things). 4. What is the gall bladder for? What part of a pig's diet would employ this organ? 5. What is the function of the mesentery? 6. There are muscular junctions that border the anterior and posterior ends of the stomach. What are these junctions and what is their function? 7. Why does the liver receive deoxygenated blood? 8. What is the cecum analogous to in humans? 9. Why does the pancreas empty its contents into the duodenum? 10. Why would the pancreatic duct merge with the common bile duct?Explanation / Answer
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1) The intestine, specifically the small intestines is the longest organ in digestive tract because this is the place where nutrients are absorbed and it needs to have large surface area. So, not only the small intestines themselves long but the inner surface is also wavy which adds more surface area to absorb nutrients.