dissection 7 [digestive]

• digestive organs

  A) gallbladder

  B) liver

  C) small intestine (duodenum)

  D) stomach

  E) pancreas

  F) ascending colon

  G) small intestine (ileum)

  H) mesentery

  
• accessory organs

  A) hepatic duct

  B) gallbladder

  C) cystic duct

  D) hepatic duct

  E) bile duct

  F) pancreatic duct

  G) pancreas

  
• ileocecal area

  A) ascending colon

  B) ileocecal valve

  C) cecum

  D) ileum

  
• salivary glands

  A) lymph nodes

  B) posterior facial vein

  C) external jugular vein

  D) submandibular gland

  E) lymph nodes

  F) parotid gland

  G) lymph nodes

  H) parotid duct

  I) masseter muscle

  
• cats have five liver lobes while human have four
• cats do not have a uvula
• cats do not have an appendix
• cat dental formula: [3,1,3,1/3,1,2,1] x2= 30
• falciform ligament: delicate layer of mesentery separating main lobes of liver and attaching liver superiorly to abdominal wall
• hepatopancreatic ampulla: bulbous area where pancreatic duct empties into duodenum
• cystic duct: gallbladder duct
• common hepatic duct: duct from liver
• mesentery has vessels, nerves and fat to supply the intestines
• mesocolon: mesentery membrane that attaches colon to posterior body wall