FETAL PIG DISSECTION- LAB REPORT FORMAT
DUE NOVEMBER 30TH, 2015: POSTED 11/29/15-10PM
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
DISCUSS THE SCIENTIFIC NAME OF FETAL PIGS. INCLUDE THE TAXONOMIC NAMES FROM
KINGDOM THROUGH SPECIES. DEFINE THE NAMES IN EACH LEVEL OF CLASSIFICATION
AND DESCRIBE HOW THE PIG FITS INTO THE PARTICULAR CATEGORIES.
MATERIALS: LIST AND DESCRIBE THE FUNCTION OF EACH.
METHODS: LIST THE PROCEDURE STEP BY STEP
DATA: ALL OF YOUR PICTURES LABELED.
CONCLUSION: OBSERVATIONS MADE ABOUT THE DISSECTION. DESCRIBE THE
STRUCTURES THAT WERE LABELED.
DISCUSSION: TYPE OUT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
I- INTRODUCTION:
A) WHAT ARE SOME CHARACTERISTICS SHARED BY ALL MAMMALS?
B) WHAT IS THE LENGTH OF THE ESTROUS CYCLE IN PIGS?
C) HOW LONG IS THE GESTATION PERIOD OF PIGS?
II- EXTERNAL FEATURES:
A) WHY IS THE SKIN SUCH AN IMPORTAN TORGAN? LIST THREE FUNCTIONS OF SKIN.
B) WHY DOES INHALED AIR NEED TO BE WARMED, FILTERED, AND MOISTENED?
C) HOW DO MATERIALS PASS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE FETUS AND THE MOTHER?
D) WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE HARD PALATE?
III- THE SKELETON:
A) HOW MANY BONES DOES A MATURE PIG HAVE? INDICATE THE SECTIONS OF THE
BODY AND HOW MANY BONES LOCATED IN EACH.
B) HOW WOULD TOO MUCH CALCIUM AFFECT A BONE’S DURABILITY?
C) DO PIGS WALK ON THEIR METATARSALS OR METACARPALS?
IV- THE MUSCLES:
A) HOW MANY MUSCLES DO PIGS HAVE? PLEASE LIST THE NUMBERS ACCORDING TO
THE SECTIONS OF THE BODY.
B) WHY DOESN’T THE SKIN FALL AWAY FROM THE BODY?
V- INTERNAL ANATOMY: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM:
A) WOULD THE TRACHEA COLLAPSE WHEN YOU WERE EXHALING IF THERE WERE NO
RINGS OR CARTILAGE IN ITS WALLS? EXPLAIN
B) HOW DOES HEMOGLOBIN CARRY OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD?
C) WHY MUST THE LUNGS HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF BLOOD VESSELS IN THEM?
VI- DIGESTIVE SYSTEM:
A) WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE TEETH?
B) WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT THERE BE MANY VILLI IN THE INTESTINES?
C) WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING MUSCLES THAT RUN AT DIFFERENT ANGLES IN
THE STOMACH?
VII- CIRCULATORY SYSTEM:
A) WHAT ARTERIES ARE PRESENT IN A MATURE PIG (AND WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED)?
B) WHAT VEINS ARE PRESENT IN A MATURE PIG (AND WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED)?
C) WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF THE FOUR CHAMBERED HEART OF MAMMALS OVER THE
THREE CHAMBERED HEART?
D) WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR THE FETAL HEART TO HAVE BOTH THE DUCTUS
ARTERIOSUS AND THE FORAMEN OVALE, BUT NOT GOOD FOR THE ADULT HEART TO
HAVE THESE FEATURES?
VIII- URINARY SYSTEM:
A) WHY DOES A PREGNANT WOMAN NEED TO EMPTY HER BLADDER MORE OFTEN AS SHE
GETS CLOSER TO HER DELIVERY DATE?
B) IF YOU DRINK LARGE AMOUNTS OF SALT WATER, WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS WILL DO
TO YOUR URINARY OUTPUT?
IX- REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM:
A) WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS AN ADVANTAGE FOR PIGS TO HAVE LONG UTERINE HORNS
AND A SMALL UNTERINE BODY, AND NOT THE OPPOSITE?
X- NERVOUS SYSTEM:
A) WHY DO YOU THINK IT SI GOOD TO HAVE A BRAIN WITH MANY GYRI AND SULCI?
B) COMPARE THE PIG BRAIN TO THE HUMAN, FISH, AND BIRD (INCLUDE PICTURES). CAN
YOU SEE HOW THE PIG’S ANATOMY PARALLELS HUMAN ANATOMY? EXPLAIN
C) WHAT CAN YOU CONCLUDE ABOUT OUR RELATION TO ANIMALS LIKE PIGS? LIKE FISH?
LIKE BIRDS?
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