FETAL PIG DISSECTION PRE-VIEW
Go to the following website:
https://www.whitman.edu/academics/departments-and-programs/biology/virtual-pig
Click on the ANATOMICAL REFERENCES and glance at each of the headings to answer these
questions.
1. How are the anterior and posterior regions different on the pig body than they are on the human
body?
SEXING YOUR PIG
2. How will you know whether your pig is a male or female when examining the external anatomy.
Name the structures and their locations that will help you sex your pig.
THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
3. In the head region you will observe the hard and soft palates. Explain why the different textured
palates are both necessary for digestive functions to begin.
4. Sketch the pig and the cuts that you will need to make in order to reveal the abdominal structures.
5. Which structures will be exposed first after cutting into the abdominal cavity?
THE EXCRETORY SYSTEM
6. Where are the excretory structures found? Name the cavity and use directional terms and other
structures as points of reference.
7. Where is the bladder?
THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
8. Go back to your sketch of the pig in question 4 and add the cuts you will need to make in order to
reveal the structures of the circulatory system.
9. What structures will you see once you cut into the thoracic cavity?
10. Describe the location of the lungs to the heart and the atria to the ventricles. Use you’re A&P
vocabulary!
THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
11. What internal structures will you be able to reveal in a male pig?
12. What about a female pig?
THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
13. How will you know the trachea from the esophagus?
14. List the structures that move air from the trachea into the lungs.
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
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QUIZZES
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Don’t forget CLOSE TOED SHOES for dissection and something to pull the hair back with.
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