DIGESTIVE SYSTEM WORKSHEET

RAT DIGESTIVE SYSTEM Color the diagram below using the table as a key.

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1 mandibular salivary glands 7 small intestine

2 liver 8 caecum
3 esophogus 9 large intestine
4 stomach 10 bladder
5 spleen 11 rectum
6 pancreas 12 anus
HUMAN DIGESTIVE SYSTEM Color the diagram below using the table as a key.

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1 parotid gland (salivary gland) 9 stomach

2 sublingual gland (salivary gland) 10 spleen
3 submandibular gland (salivary gland) 11 pancreas
4 pharynx 12 small intestine
5 trachea (windpipe) 13 large intestine
6 esophagus 14 cecum
7 diaphragm 15 appendix
8 liver 16 rectum
17 anus
CHECKING for UNDERSTANDING

1. Place the following terms in order tracing the pathway of food from the rat’s mouth out through its anus.

Word Bank: oral cavity, stomach, small intestine, cecum, large intestine, pharynx, esophagus, anus

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2. Complete the table below:

A. Stomach
1. Draw a longitudinal cross-section diagram of the stomach.
2. Label forestomach, fundic portion, pyloric region, pyloric valve.
3. What do you think is the function of the pyloric valve?

B. Small intestine
1. Draw a section of the small intestine.
2. Label the villi.
3. What do you think is the function of the villi?

C. Large intestine
1. Draw a section of the large intestine.
2. Label the haustra.
3. What do you think is the function of the haustra?

stomach sm. intestine lg. intestine

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