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Digestive System Coloring
- Human and Rat
Choose a color for each organ. Color
the circle and the organ.
Stomach
Liver
Esophagus
Pharynx
Common Bile Duct
Transverse Colon
Descending Colon
Ascending Colon
Sigmoid Colon
Jejunum
Ileum
Duodenum
Pancreas
Gall bladder
Appendix
Rectum
Questions:
1. Which structure is responsible for storing bile?
2. After food leaves the small intestine, where does it go?
3. Which structure is responsible for the absorption of nutrients from food?
4. The first section of small intestine is called the..?
5. Which section of colon is directly before the rectum?
6. Identify three structures in the rat that are similar to those found in the
human.
7. Identify one structure in the rat that you will not find in the human digestive
system.
8. The alimentary canal is the series of organs that food passes through as it
is digested. Identify these organs starting at the esophagus and ending at the
rectum.
9. How does the liver of the rat differ from the liver of a human?
10. What organs are found in the thoracic cavity of both the rat and the
human? What structure marks the boundary of the thoracic cavity from the
abdominal cavity?