background information to get you started.. why dissection? dissections are a powerful teaching...
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Why dissection?• Dissections are a powerful teaching tool. – To see it is to understand it – unlike 2D diagrams.
• You will gain an appreciation for organ placement & system set up.
• There are many similarities between pigs & humans.– Best: muscles, digestive, respiratory, circulatory,
reproductive systems…..
Other Thoughts:
• Dissection DOES NOT mean to CUT UP.• It means “to expose, to view.”• We will rarely be “cutting” but we will – probe & tease tissues to expose them– Note position of organs relative to other for
understanding of whole systems.
Objectives:• Perform a whole body dissection of a vertebrate like
ourselves• Identify the major anatomical features of your pig.• Understand the relationship:– form and function of each organ– each system – how all systems interconnect – homeostasis!
• Gain dissection skills you will use in your further education experiences
Background Information• These specimens are NOT raised for dissection
purposes. – salvaged from pregnant sows at slaughter for food
• They have been embalmed via the umbilical cord• Arteries and veins also injected with latex – red arteries, blue veins