Fetal Pig Dissection

Yesterday and today students conducted a dissection of a fetal pig. On Monday all classes began by making an incision along the pig's abdomen and opening up the rib cage by cutting on either side of the sternum. A & D blocks finished with their pigs by removing the digestive, excretory, respiratory and circulatory systems. Students looked at the organs using a dissecting scope. Some students elected to remove the brain of their pigs (Charlotte and Sam/Cammie's groups were very successful).

C block will finish with the dissection during lab tomorrow. There will be a pop-ish quiz on the dissection (identifying parts AND their functions).

Lab 13: Fetal Pig Dissection Prelab

This is due at the start of class for all blocks
on Monday April 13th.

Go this website for a series of pictures that walk you through the organs & organ functions of the fetal pig.

Look at each picture, move your mouse over the organs and click each time the pointer turns into a hand. Take HAND WRITTEN notes in your lab notebook for body part (what does the part do?). I have listed the slide numbers and all of the organs on each picture so that you don’t miss any

Picture 1: Intro picture, nothing identified

Picture 2: Stomach, pancreas, small intestine, large intestine

Picture 3: Heart (no description given) lungs, diaphragm, liver

Picture 4: The vessels (numbers 1-7)

Picture 5: Posterior vena cava, aorta, pulmonary artery