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102 Cards in this Set
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What is a pig considered based on the number of legs it has?
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quadruped
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What is a man considered based on the number of legs it has?
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biped
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What is the way a pig walked called?
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digitigrade
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What is the way man walks called?
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plantigrade
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What are the openings that are on the snout, that air in warmed filtered and humidified, normally referred to as nostils?
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external nares
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What are the external ears called?
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pinnae
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What is the third lid-like structure called?
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nictitating membrane
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What is the eardrum called?
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tympanic membrane
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What is the paperthin covering on the whole pig?
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periderm
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What is the double pouch structure found on male fetuses?
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scrotum
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What is the skeleton of all vertebrates called?
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endoskeleton
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What are even-toed hoofed mammals called?
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artiodactyla
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What form of mammals gives birth to live young in a pouch?
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marsupials
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What class do most mammals fall under?
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placental
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Gland that is ventral to the heart, makes white blood cells?
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thymus
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Produces thryoxine?
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thyroid gland
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Space between the gums and cheeks?
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vestibule
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Muscular organ that helps to break food apart (mechanical)?
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tongue
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What is a wad of food called?
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bolus
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What is the chewing of food called?
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mastication
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What if the flap of skin under the tongue that attaches tongue to floor of mouth called?
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lingual frenulum
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What if the flap of skin that holds the upper lip to the upper jaw called?
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labial frenulum
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What is the bone called that the extrinsic tongue muscles attach to?
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hyoid bone
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What are the ridges on the hard palate called?
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palatal rugae
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Word for varies a lot?
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polymorphic
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What is posterior to the hard palate and helps to close off the nasal cavity from food and drink?
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soft palate
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What is the cartilage flap that covers the larynx when swallowing?
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epiglottis
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What is the voice box called?
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larynx
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What is the tube that leads to the lungs?
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trachea
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What is cranial to the trachea?
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larynx
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what is the site of exchange for oxygen and carbon dioxide?
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lungs
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What is the muscular tube, dorsal to the trachea and connects the mouth to the stomach?
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esophagus
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What is the sphinter called that separates the esophagus from the stomach?
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lower esophageal sphincter
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What are the terminal sacs of the lungs called?
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alveoli
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What is the sac that aids in breathing that is on the lung?
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visceral pleura
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What is the sac that aids in breathing that is on the chest wall?
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parietal pleura
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What condition do you get when your lower esophageal sphincter will not close all the way?
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GURD
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What is wave-like contractions called?
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peristalsis
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What is the thin membrane that lines the entire abdominal cavity holding the organs in place?
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peritoneum
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What is the word for the kidneys since they are on the dorsal side of the peritoneum?
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retro peritoneal
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What blood vessel leads cranially to the liver?
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umbilical vein
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What does the umbilical vein become?
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falciform ligament
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What are the two vessels from the umbilicus and lead caudally toward the urinary bladder called?
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umbilical arteries
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What holds the bladder up in creatures once they are born?
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umbilical arteries
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What is the large flat muscle that seperates the thorax from the abdomen?
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diaphragm
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What retains waste from the baby and gives to the mother?
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allantoic duct
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What is more muscular an artery or vein?
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artery
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What is the organic chem lab of the body?
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liver
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What is the chemical that is needed to emulsify fats in the intestines, made in liver?
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bile
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What is the tube that leads from liver carrying the bile produced in the liver?
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hepatic duct
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What is the sac structure that stores bile?
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gall bladder
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What is the tube that leads from the gall bladder carrying bile that was stored there?
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common bile duct
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What does the common bile duct empty into?
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duodenum
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What produces digestive enzymes?
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pancreas
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What do the Ilses of Langerhans produce?
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insulin
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What is the muscular pouch at the caudal end of the esophagus, where protein digestion begins?
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stomach
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What is the soupy mixture produced in the stomach?
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chyme
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What are the bumps in the stomach called?
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gastric rugae
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What breaks down the proteins in the stomach?
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pepsin
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What is the sphincter that allows chyme to leave the stomach and go to the duodenum?
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pyloric valve
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What is fetal caca called?
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meconium
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What is the first part of the small intestines?
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duodenum
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How long is the first part of the small intestines?
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10 inches
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What is the second part of the small intestines?
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jejunem
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How long is the second part of the small intestines?
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8 feet
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What is the third part of the small intestine?
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Ileum
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What is the sphincter valve through which food leaves the ileum and enters the caecum?
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ileocecal valve
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What is the first part of the large intestines?
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caecum
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What hangs off of the first part of the large intestines in humans?
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vermiform appendix
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What is the second part of the large intestine in humans?
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ascending colon
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What is the third part of the large intestine in humans?
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transverse colon
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What is the fourth part of the large intestine in humans?
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descending colon
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What is the fifth part of the large intestine in humans?
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sigmoid colon
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What is the last part of the large intestine?
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rectum
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What is the muscular sphincter through which gecal material leaves the rectum?
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anus
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What is the sac like organ that is part of the lymph systerm, and holds a cup of blood?
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spleen
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What is the retro peritoneal organ that filtesr blood and produces urine from the waste products filtered out?
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kidneys
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What checks to see what belongs to what in cells?
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B and T lymphocites
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What is the tube that leads from kidneys and carries urine to the urinary bladder?
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ureter
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What is the muscular pouch that holds about 700-800 mL of urine
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urinary bladder
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What are used to tell if the urinary bladder or rectum is full?
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barro receptors
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What is the tube leading from the inferior portion of the urinary bladder to the outside of the body?
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urethra
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What is the upper chambers of the heart called?
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atria
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What are the lower two large muscular chambers of the heart?
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ventricles
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What is the thin membran sac that encloses the heart?
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pericardium
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What are the arteries and veins that leave the heart and go to the lungs to get blood oxygenated?
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pulmonary arteries and veins
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What are the primary veins that drain the body and return the blood to the right atria of the heart?
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superior and inferior vena cava
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What are the pair of blood vessels that run across the ventral surface of the heart?
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coronary artery and vein
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What is the connective tissue that holds down the obliques?
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linea alba
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What order is a pig?
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Artiodactyla
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Is the body temperature of a pig higher than mans?
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yes
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What are the two main characteristics of mammals?
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skin covered with hair and milk producing glands
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What glands are on the kidneys?
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adrenal glands
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What do the uterine horns go together to form?
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uterus
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What is a continuation of the uterus and lies dorsal to the urethra
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vagina
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What species do pigs belong to?
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Sus scrofa
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What is the average life span of a pig?
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15 to 20 years
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What is the body temperature of a pig compared to a human?
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slightly higher
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How much do domestic breeds of pigs weigh?
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900 lbs
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What class to pigs belong to?
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mammalia
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What covers the fetal pigs whole body?
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periderm
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What is an internal skeleton called?
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endoskeleton
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