Assignment: Dogfish Shark Dissection

(http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/courses/bio204/lab3_frameset.htm)
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

Esophagus The esophagus runs through the

thoracic cavity, which is subdivided
into a central pericardial cavity and
pleural cavity.
Itcarriesfood,liquidandsalivafrom
themouthtothestomach
Stomach
Apart of the digestive tract
Acts as a container to start digestion
and to pump food and liquid into the
intestines

Pyloric
sphincter

Small
intestine

Large
intestine

Necturus
Equivalent

Dogfish
Equivalent
(Video/pictur
e)

Different shape

Different shape

Surroundstheopeningofthestomach
intotheduodenum.Thisisthe
musclethatregulatesdigestionof
whenfood/liquidisreleased.
90% of digestion and absorption of
food occurs here. Absorption of
nutrient and minerals

Muscular

10% of digestion and absorption

occurs here

short

Different shape

Constricted

Caecum

A pouch that is the beginning of the

large intestine. It connects the colon
to the large intestine.
The opening where the body passes
waste

absent

Pancreas

It assists the digestive system. The

fluid contains digestive enzymes that
mall to the small intestine helping
break down carbohydrates.

same

Spleen

Filters blood as part of the immune

system. Blood storage area

same

Gall
bladder

A pouch that sits under the liver. It

stores bile product by the liver.

same

Liver

Functions as detoxification, protein

synthesis, and production of
biochemical helpful to digestion.

same

Anus

same