Rat Dissection Review

Which species of rat did you dissect in lab?

• Rattus rattus

• Rattus norvegicus

• Rattus beubonicus

• Rattus cattus

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which organ do you have that the rat does not?

• liver

• lungs

• pancreas

• gall bladder

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

This organ is a tube that carries food from the mouth into the stomach

• esophagus

• large instestine

• trachea

• small intestine

This organ recycles old blood cells...

• spleen

• esophagus

• liver

• pancreas

The rat is a ______________.

• rodent

• marsupial

• amphibian

• reptile

The trachea is a ringed tube that ______.

• allows food to enters the stomach

• allows water to be absorbed

• allows air to enters the lungs

• allows the rat to squeeze into tight spaces

The belly side of the rat is the ______ side.

• ventral

• caudal

• anterior

• posterior

Which of these terms refers to "distal"

• farther from the trunk of the body

• closer to the trunk of the body

• head region

• bum region

Uterine horns in the rat are shaped like a "V" to...

• accommodate multiple fetuses

• allow the rat to give birth

• only house 1 rat baby

• allow optimal blood flow

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

The pancreas is responsible for...

• making bile and storing it

• making insulin and digestive enzymes

• detoxifying the blood

• filtering air