Laboratory Exercise X

Felis catus:

Body cavities and mesenteries:

Body or coelomic cavities: coelomic cavity, thoracic cavity, abdominopelvic cavity, *diaphragm, pericardial cavity, pleural cavities

Mesenteries of the thoracic cavities: *parietal pleura, *visceral pleura, mediastinal septum, *pulmonary ligament, pericardial cavity, *parietal pericardium, *visceral pericardium

Mesenteries of the abdominopelvic cavity: falciform ligament, round ligament, coronary ligament, *greater omentum, gastrosplenic ligament, lesser omentum, gastrohepatic ligament, hepatoduodenal ligament, *mesocolon, *mesentery proper, *median vesical ligament, broad ligament, *mesometrium, *mesovarium, *mesosalpinx

Digestive and respiratory systems:

Digestive system:               

Alimentary canal:

Digestive glands and ducts: *parotid salivary glands (and their ducts), mandibular glands, sublingual glands

Note: the skull will not be bisected, instead, the second exposure of the oral cavity will be performed

Mouth or oral cavity: *lips, vestibule, oral cavity, *tongue, lingual frenulum, *papillae (four types), *hard palate, *soft palate, palatine rugae, *incisive ducts, nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx, *auditory tube openings, *epiglottis, *esophagus, *cardiac sphincter, greater curvature, lesser curvature, cardiac end, pyloric region, *pyloric sphincter, fundus, body, *gastric rugae, *small intestine (duodenum, jejunum, ileum), *ileocecal valve, cecum, colon (ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, rectum), anus

Accessory digestive organs: *liver (right and left lobes, lateral and median lobes of each, caudate lobe), central tendon of the liver, *gall bladder, hepatic ducts, *cystic duct, common bile duct, hepatopancreatic ampulla, *pancreas, main pancreatic duct, *spleen

Respiratory system: glottis, review the other structures encountered previously, trachea, thymus, *primary bronchi, *lungs (7 lobes),

Note: do not remove the overlying muscles as instructed

Urogenital system: 

Urinary system:

Kidney and ducts: *kidney, hepatorenal ligament, hilus, renal capsule, renal cortex, renal medulla, renal papilla, *renal pelvis, *ureters, *urinary bladder, urethra

Reproductive system:

Female: *ovaries, uterine tubes, *infundibulum, horns of the uterus, body, cervix, vagina, urogenital sinus

Male: *testis, cremastic fascia, cremastic pouch, *spermatic cord, *epididymis, vas deferends, gubernaculum, inguinal canal, *prostate gland

* Know function: use laboratory text as a guide.