Notes from the Science Room Whiteboard

These terms and the previous handout are fair game for quizzes until the end of the year.

April 8, 2004

Whiteboard Fetal Pig Anatomy Terms defined

1. Hard palate: Anterior portion of the roof of the oral cavity
2. Soft palate: Dorsal portion of the roof of the oral cavity
3. Mandible: The lower jaw of a vertebrate animal.
4. Epiglottis: folds over the glottis to prevent food and liquid from entering the trachea during the act of swallowing.
5. Eyes: the vertebrate organ of vision.
6. Tongue: The fleshy, movable, muscular organ, attached in most vertebrates to the floor of the mouth, the principal organ of taste
7. Oral cavity: mouth
8. maxilla: Either of a pair of bones of the human skull fusing in the midline and forming the upper jaw.
9. Pinnae: the largely cartilaginous projecting portion of the external ear
10. External nares: Opening in the nasal cavity of a vertebrate; a nostril.
11. Snout: The projecting nose, jaws, or anterior facial part of an animal's head.
12. Hoof: The horny sheath covering the toes or lower part of the foot of a mammal
13. Tail: The posterior part of an animal, especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body.
14. Transversal plane: a horizontal plane passing through the standing body so that the transverse plane is parallel to the floor.
15. Sagittal plane: A vertical plane passing through the standing body from front to back, that separates the body into left and right portions.
16. Frontal plane: A plane parallel to the long axis of the body and perpendicular to the sagittal plane that separates the body into front and back portions.
17. Urogenital opening: opening in the skin for the urethra; allows for the expulsion of liquid wastes
18. Pelvic:  Having to do with the pelvis, the lower part of the abdomen, located between the hip bones
19. Pectoral: muscles of the "anterior chest" (the front of the chest).
20. Umbilical artery: Carries oxygenated blood from the mother to the fetus
21. Umbilical vein: Carries de-oxygenated blood from the fetus to the mother
22. Umbilical cord: The flexible cordlike structure connecting a fetus at the abdomen with the placenta and containing two umbilical arteries and one vein that transport nourishment to the fetus and remove its wastes.
23. Scrotum: The external sac of skin enclosing the testes in most mammals.
24. Genital papillae: external, visible portion of the vulva (female)
25. Mammary papillae: nipples; indicate how many mammary glands there are
26. Anterior tip of sternum: end of the breast bone nearest the head