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Organ Function in Mammal Dogfish Equivalent: By: Ana Pacheco and Brooke Bruder
Organ Function in Mammal Dogfish Equivalent: By: Ana Pacheco and Brooke Bruder
(http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/courses/bio204/lab3_frameset.htm)
by: Ana Pacheco and Brooke Bruder
Fill in the table with the functions of the digestive tract, comparing the digestive system
of a mammal with Necturus and the Dogfish. For equivalent structures, write same,
absent or the new structure.
Organ
Function in Mammal
Picture Link
Dogfish
Equivalent
Esophagus
See Below
same as human
Stomach
See Below
same as human
Pyloric
sphincter
See Below
same as human
See Below
Humans have 2
part intestines
Large
intestine
absorb water
See Below
2 part intestine
Caecum
See Below
humans have a
structure like this
Anus
disposes of waste
same as human
Pancreas
See Below
(Below Tail
Fin)
See Below
Spleen
See Below
same as human
Gall
bladder
stores bile
See Below
same as human
Liver
See Below
Liver is similar,
but Sha4rks have
a bigger one to
absorb ocean
Small
intestine
same as human
toxins