Question

Put together a one page “cheat sheet” focusing on comparing elephants to humans. Include at least one picture with each system to help illustrate your answers.

Digestive System

• How does this animal get its food? How does that compare to humans?

• What organs of the digestive system are different in this animal? How are they different, and how does that relate to how this organism gets it food?

Urinary System

• How does the structure of the urinary system in this animal compare to humans?

• One of the major functions of the urinary system is osmotic balance in an organism. What environment does this animal live in and how does that influence how its urinary system works?

Answer 1

Answer :)

Elephants possess trunks to bring food in their mouths and they drink water by sucking from the same trunks. In comparing to the human, both have mouths to enter food and water into the esophagus.

By comparing the digestive system of elephants and humans, elephants have proportionally smaller mouth also well developed salivary glands. They use the stomach as the storage of foods. Therefore, elephants and humans have a mostly similar digestive system.

The excretory system of elephants is alike to the excretory system of humans. They share the same organs, for example, the kidneys, the urinary bladder, the ureters, and the urethra.

In elephants too, the same mechanism is involved for osmoregulation as in humans. Elephants majorly live in the tropical forests. Therefore, they need to drink water constantly and regulate their body temperature by perspiration or bathing.