DOG'S

ORGAN
Different organs of a dog
1. Larynx
A series of separate cartilage plates in the throat make up your dog's larynx

The larynx is responsible for the very important function of blocking off the lungs
whenever your pet is eating or drinking, and opening the windpipe wider when a
deep breath is required
2. Esophagus
a muscular tube which transports food from the
pharynx to the stomach

Normally when a dog swallows, a muscular tube

called the esophagus moves the food from their
mouth to their stomach to be digested.
3. Trachea

The trachea is a flexible tube and, similar to a vacuum

cleaner hose. It has small rings of cartilage that help
keep the airway open when the dog is breathing,
moving or coughing.

The tracheal wall in cross-section consists of an inner mucosa and submucosa

followed by a fibrocartilaginous ring and outer adventitia in the cervical
trachea or serosa in the intrathoracic trachea. The lumen of the canine trachea
is roughly circular
4. Heart
Its primary function is to pump blood and oxygen
to the body.
5. Lungs
The right lung of the dog consists of the
cranial, middle, caudal and accessory lobes.
The left lung consists of the bilobed middle
and caudal lobes.

These lobes are separated by interlobular

fissures on either side. The dog lung has four
bronchiole systems, dorsal, lateral, ventral and
medial, on either side.
6. Liver
The liver is an important organ for your dog.
It helps with digestion and blood clotting,
and it removes toxins from their system. If
it's not working right, it can make your
companion sick.

All the blood leaving the stomach and intestines passes through the liver.
The liver processes this blood and breaks down, balances, and creates the
nutrients and also metabolizes drugs into forms that are easier to use for
the rest of the body or that are nontoxic.
7.Stomach

a large, muscular, sac-like organ located

between the esophagus (aka throat) and small
intestine.

The stomach is a muscular hollow organ. It takes in food from the esophagus (gullet
or food pipe), mixes it, breaks it down, and then passes it on to the small intestine in
small portions. The entire digestive system is made up of one muscular tube
extending from the mouth to the anus
8.Spleen
a tongue shaped organ of the abdomen that
acts as a reservoir for blood as well as filters
the circulating blood.

The spleen makes lymphocytes, filters the

blood, stores blood cells, and destroys old
blood cells.

Although pets can live normally without a spleen

9. Intestine
The small intestine has three parts: the duodenum,
jejunum, and ileum. It helps to further digest food
coming from the stomach. It absorbs nutrients
(vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fats, proteins) and
water from food so they can be used by the body.

The large intestine absorbs water and changes the waste from
liquid into stool. Peristalsis helps move the stool into your
rectum. Rectum. The lower end of your large intestine, the
rectum, stores stool until it pushes stool out of your anus during
a bowel movement.
10.Kidney
It excretes toxic metabolic wastes like urea and uric
acid into the urine. It secretes a number of
hormones and enzymes such as: Erythropoietin,
Renin and Calcitriol. It maintains the acid-base
balance of the body by reabsorbing bicarbonate
from urine and excreting hydrogen ions and acid
ions into the urine.
11.Spinal column
The canine spine is divided into five regions: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and
caudal. There are 7 cervical vertebrae, 13 thoracic vertebrae, 7 lumbar vertebrae and
3 sacral vertebrae. The number of caudal vertebrae varies according to the species.
12.Rectum
The rectum lies between the terminal portion of
the descending colon and anus

It is empty most of the time, except after the

mass movements of the large intestine which
move faeces into the rectum. This stimulates
defeaction, which may happen when an animal is
frightened.
13.Bladder
The bladder is a collapsible muscular organ shaped
like a balloon found in the back portion of the
abdomen.

It provides a means for temporary urine storage. The

bladder is held in place by ligaments that are
attached to other organs and the pelvic bones.