For Lab 9, you will complete two exercises:

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Exercise 14 – Digestive System

• Learning Objectives
• Lab Readings
• Videos
• Lab Activity
• Quiz

Learning Objectives

After completing this lab, the students will be able to:

• Identify the organs of gastrointestinal tract.
• Identify the accessory organs of digestive system.
• Relate the function of each organ.
• Describe the structure of the gastrointestinal wall.

Lab Readings

Read the following materials before you begin the experiment.

1. Overview of the Digestive System (Chapter 23, AP, Openstax) 

• 23.2Digestive System Processes and Regulation 
• 23.3The Mouth, Pharynx, and Esophagus 
• 23.4The Stomach 
• 23.5The Small and Large Intestines 
• 23.6Accessory Organs in Digestion: The Liver, Pancreas, and Gallbladder 
• 23.7Chemical Digestion and Absorption: A Closer Look 
• Key Terms 
• Chapter Review 
• Interactive Link Questions 
• Review Questions 
• Critical Thinking Questions 

2. Digestive System in vertebra (access science) 
   
3. Digestive system (Module 21, Bio2, Lumen learning)  

• Why It Matters: The Digestive System 
• Introduction to Digestive Systems 
• Herbivores, Carnivores, and Omnivores 
• Invertebrates and Vertebrate Digestive Systems 
• Parts of the Digestive System 
• Introduction to Nutrition and Energy Production 
• Food Requirements 
• Essential Nutrients 
• Food Energy and ATP 
• Introduction to Digestive System Processes and Regulation 
• Digestive System Processes 
• Neural Responses to Food 
• Hormonal Responses to Food 
• Putting It Together: The Digestive System 
• Cerego: The Digestive System 

4. Digestive system (Module 7, AP2, Lumen learning) 

• Introduction to the Digestive System 
• Overview of the Digestive System 
• Digestive System Processes and Regulation 
• The Mouth, Pharynx, and Esophagus 
• The Stomach 
• The Small and Large Intestines 
• Accessory Organs in Digestion: The Liver, Pancreas, and Gallbladder 
• Chemical Digestion and Absorption: A Closer Look 

Videos

1. View Abdominal organ (plastic anatomy) Video before you start the lab activity.

2. View The Digestive system anatomy models before you start the lab activity.

Digestive-Models

Lab Activity

Please follow the instructions below to begin the experiment.

1. Complete the digestive system questions on page 29-41. (Hostos Community college).

2. Fetal Pig Dissection presentation.
   https://cuny907-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/aster_setiadi45_login_cuny_edu/ESzFCPZ8ESpItqnrT-5t0koBahoxV-79VLWpUx3ZcRnyBw?e=JidAKb

• GIT oral cavity  

https://www.whitman.edu/academics/departments-and-programs/biology/virtual-pig/digestive-system/the-head/inside-the-oral-cavity

• GIT through the peritoneal membrane  

https://www.whitman.edu/academics/departments-and-programs/biology/virtual-pig/digestive-system/the-abdominal-cavity/abdomen/through-the-peritoneal-membrane

• GIT inside the abdomen  

https://www.whitman.edu/academics/departments-and-programs/biology/virtual-pig/digestive-system/the-abdominal-cavity/abdomen/inside-the-abdomen

3. Study the Fetal Pig Dissection video below.

https://youtu.be/jvMvMT6MDXw (Digestive System: start from 5:16-6:18) 

Quiz

Complete The Function of the Digestive System Quiz from Cliffnotes.com
Complete The Small intestine Quiz from Cliffnotes.com
Complete The Liver and Gall Bladder Quiz from Cliffnotes.com