Questions
1. What are some characteristics shared by all mammals?
Some characteristics shared by all mammals are hair and mammary glands. They also have a single dentary bone called the mandible.
2. How are domestic pigs related to wild hogs found in some states?
Domestic pigs live longer but dont live that long because they get turned into food first. Hogs and pigs are from the same family group: Artiodactyla.
3. What is the length of a pigs birth cycle in pigs? How does this compare to humans? The pigs birth cycle is 112-115 days long. A human's birth cycle is 9 months long which is way longer than a pig's.
4. Which is more distal to the elbow- the wrist or the hoof?
The wrist is more distal to the elbow.
5. Post a picture of the pig and give the orientation using the following terms, anterior, posterior, dorsal , and ventral.
The snout is anterior to the heart.
The spine is posterior to the lungs.
The kidney is dorsal to the heart.
The diaphgram is inferior to the lungs.
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