Virtual Pig Dissection
Click on Virtual Pig Dissection
Complete the following activities on a separate sheet of paper. Label each new section with a heading on your paper.
You may need this during dissection
Click Anatomical References
1. Draw the pig as seen on the screen (should take up almost half your sheet)
2. Click on each reference direction and label anatomical reference vocabulary word on your pig
Click  Sexing your pig
1. What area(s) will you be looking at to determine the sex of the pig
2. Explain the anatomical differences between male and female fetal pigs
3. What are at least 2 similarities between male and female fetal pigs
Click Digestive System
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Start at mouth
Explain where the first incision how and where the 1st incision is made.
Which gland is exposed? What is the function of this gland
Click continue and then describe the 4 structures in the oral cavity.
Go to abdominal section
Draw a smaller picture of the pig and show where you will be making cuts/incisions
Summarize procedure of: 1st incision, going deeper, and through periotoneal membrane
Why do you have to lift the liver?
Summarize structures (describe how these look and where they are found and function: small intestine, large
intestine, and gall bladder
10. What must you do with the liver and why?
11. Where is the spleen located? What is the function of the spleen?
12. List the location and function of each organ/structure: spleen, rectum, umbilical arteries, pancreas.
ClickCirculatory System
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Explain the function of the circulatory system.
What is this area called.
Draw a smaller picture of the pig and draw the lines where you will be making cuts/incisions.
Click through and read the tutorial and describe what you should see in this section. Describe the location of the
lungs, heart, aorta
Click  Respiratory System
1. You will be tracing air as it travels through the respiratory system. Make a flow chart that summarize the air
flow.
2. Make sure you pay attention to the different structures that you have learned about in class.
Click  Excretory System
1. List the location and function of each structure/organ: Kidneys, renal blood vessels, ureters, bladder
2. Draw a picture of pig’s excretory system. Label the structures from #1
Now take the quizzes for the sections you completed questions about
Write down the questions and CORRECT answers for each section: Digestive, sexing your pig, circulatory, respiratory,
excretory, and anatomical references