Application Questions

Lab Application Questions Part #1:

1. State the functions of the following organs.

Organ	Function
Stomach	The stomach is where major digestion of all foods occur.
Liver	The liver is meant to detoxify the blood that passes through it and aid in forms of protein synthesis.
Small Intestine	The small intestine transports chime from the stomach to the large intestine, and absorbs nutrients along the passing of the duodenum, jejunum, and the ilium.
Gall Bladder	The gallbladder’s main function is to store bile
Pacreas	The pancreas aids in digestion by its pancreatic juices containing enzymes and sodium bicarbonate which are sent to the small intestine. Also aids in blood glucose level and excrete insulin and glucagon.
Large Intestine	The large intestine absorbs water, salts, and some vitamins while storing indigestible wastes in the colon, then rectum before excretion.
Spleen	The spleen helps with filtration of red blood cells and helps with immune responses.

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Lab Applications Questions Part #2:

1. State the functions of the following organs:

Organ	Function
Heart	The heart is meant to pump oxygen-rich blood to every area of the body, and receive the oxygen-depleted blood, and send it to the lungs.
Kidney	The kidney helps the blood excrete excess water, salts, and wastes such as urea into urine to be excreted out through ureter.
Ureter	The ureter transports urine from the renal pelvis to the urinary bladder, to later be expelled.
Urethra	The urethra in men is meant to transport semen out of the erect penis, and urine when the penis is not sexually stimulated. In women, the urethra is meant for urine transportation.

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2. How is the abdominal cavity separated from the thoracic cavity.

-The abdominal cavity is separated from the thoracic cavity by the diaphragm.

3. Indicate why the male reproductive system is often referred to as the urogenital system while females are not.

- The male reproductive system is referred to as the urogenital system because the male urinary and reproductive system is some what joined in the reproductive organ. Unlike males, the females urinary and reproductive system are totally separate.