Fetal Pig Dissection

Students Names: Arrianna Landry

Procedure:

External Anatomy

1. Most of the pigs external features are familiar to you-ears, nose, eyes, ect. On
the belly you will see the umbilical cord which connected the fetal pig to its
mothers placenta. On either side of the umbilical cord you may see mammary
papillae
2. Determine if your specimen is male or female by looking closely at the umbilical
cord area. If the pig is male, it will have a small urogenital opening immediately
behind the umbilical cord. If a pig is female, the urogenital opening will be just
behind the anus under the pigs tail. Only the female has two openings beneath
the tail.
External Anatomy
Umbilical cord - The umbilical cord connects the mother to the fetus to help deliver
oxygen and get rid of carbon dioxide.

Mammary papillae

Become nipples
https://bio628.wikispaces.com/bgd+external
https://animalplanet.wikispaces.com/I.+
Gabby+%26+Emily+External+Anatomy
Urogenital opening https://beapigdissection.wordpress.
com/author/agirlinmassachusetts/
https://www.familyeducation.com/pr
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Gender

The organs that indicate your pigs gender are her ovaries and the location of her
urogenital opening.

The function of her reproductive organs are to allow her to have baby pigs.
Procedure:

Oral Cavity

1. Using dissecting scissors, cut through the jaw bones at the corner of the pigs
mouth. Cut far enough down so that the bottom half of the jaw can almost
touch the pigs chest.
2. Open the mouth as far as you can. Use the labeled picture to identify the
feathery papillae (taste buds) on the edges of the tongue, the ridged hard palate
in the roof of the mouth with the smooth soft palate behind it, the sharp teeth
near the front of the mouth, and the epiglottis, which covers the opening of the
trachea so food cannot enter.
 Oral Cavity
Papillae - The taste buds

Tongue-manipulates food for chewing

Hard palate-direct food to esophagus,

vocalization, divide nasal cavity and mouth
Hard palate
Soft palate-seal nasal cavity during swallowing And
soft palate
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Epiglottis- stops food from going into the Trachea r/fetal_pigs.htm
Procedure:

Body Cavity Incisions

1. Tie a string around one of the pigs forelegs. Pass the string under your dissection pan and tie it to the
other foreleg. Stretch the string tightly so that it will hold the pigs legs apart. Repeat with the back legs
2. Use your fingers to probe the chest area of the pig. You should be able to feel the hard sternum and the
tiny ridges of the ribcage. Keep moving down until you feel the buttom edge of the diaphragm
separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity.
3. Cut in number order using scissors and scalpel.
Procedure:

Abdominal Cavity

1. The largest organ in the liver, just below the diaphragm. Notice the umbilical
vein connecting the umbilical cord with the liver.
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Abdominal Cavity
Diaphragm- Contraction of the diaphragm forces air into the lungs

Liver- produce bile, fats and salts, to disperse clumps of fat in

chyme of small intestine

Large Intestine- absorb water and produce usable compounds

liver
with bacteria from undigested food
spleen
Small Intestine- finish chemical digestion of food and absorb Large intestine http://www.anselm.edu/homepage/jpit
occh/genbios/fetalpig.html

nutrient molecules using capillaries in villi

Spleen- Organ near the stomach that produces, stores, and

eliminates blood cells

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Abdominal Cavity
Stomach- continue mechanical digestion of food and digest Gall Bladder
proteins with acids and enzymes to produce chyme
Stomache

Kidneys- organ that removes urea, excess water, and other waste
products from the blood and passes them to the ureter

Gallbladder- An organ that stores bile and releases it as needed

into the small intestine

Urinary Bladder- saclike organ in which urine is stored before

kidney
being excreted

Urinary bladder

https://quizlet.com/2274748/fetal-pig-structures- https://www.homesciencetools.com/
and-functions-flash-cards/ a/pig-dissection-project
Procedure:

1. Peel back the ribs and explore

Thoracic Cavity Larynx

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Lungs- place air into alveoli sacs to

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esophagus
promote oxygen absorption and carbon
dioxide expulsion
Lung
Heart- muscular organ that pumps blood
throughout the body
Heart
Esophagus- muscular tube that moves
food from the pharynx to the stomach

Trachea-a passage through which air

moves in the respiratory system
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Larynx- voice box fetal-pig-dissection/deck/1742430
Cardiovascular

Left and Right Atrium-Pumps blood into the

Atrium
Superior vena cava

Left and Right Ventricle- pumps blood out of the R.Atrium

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heart rt ic
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Aorta- the Artery that carries oxygenated blood
L. Ventricle
to the body

Superior Vena Cava- Brings blood back to the

heart.
Procedure:

Eye

1. To access the eye cut off the eyelids after cutting the head off.
2. Carefully pop the eye out and pull slightly.
3. Cut the eye with your dissection scissors.
 Eye
Lens-receives the light from the cornea and then shines
Iris- is the
the light to the retina coloration of eye.
It is responsible
Pupil-control the amount of light into the eye.
for the amount
Cornea-works as a window to let the light enter the of light that is let
in.
eye

Vitreous humor- works to keep the retina against the

back of the eye and maintains the shape the eye.

Sclera- helps to shape the eye and is a very protective

covering for injury
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Procedure:

Brain

1. Go through the eye socket and cut around the skull to access the brain.
a. Do not be surprised if the brain is mush.
 Brain Parietal

Frontal Lobe-movement and reasoning

Frontal
Parietal Lobe- speech, shape, and distance

Occipital Lobe- sight

Temporal Lobe- smell and language

Brainstem-functions include: breathing,

swallowing, heart rate, blood pressure, Occipital
consciousness, and sleep.
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Quiz Questions
How do you determine the gender By the location of its urogenital
of you pig? opening.
Quiz Questions
Where is the gallbladder located? Under the liver on the pigs right
side.
Quiz Questions
What is one reason that the pigs 1. Underdeveloped
brain is mush? 2. The skull provides little
protection so even a small hit
to the head affects it.
Quiz Questions
What is the primary function of the To pump blood to the body
heart?
Quiz Questions
Which organ in the abdominal Liver
cavity is the largest?
Quiz Questions
What are the taste buds called? Papillae
Quiz Questions
What shape are the kidneys? Bean
Quiz Questions
Where is the esophagus? Under the heart
Quiz Questions
Where is the diaphragm located? In between the thoracic and
abdominal cavities
Quiz Questions
How many chamber does the heart Pigs have a four chambered heart
have?
All sources used for this assignment

https://www.homesciencetools.com/a/pig-dissection-project -Procedure

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/bio2labs/chapter/reading-fetal-pig-dissection/ -
Diaphram

https://quizlet.com/2274748/fetal-pig-structures-and-functions-flash-cards/ -most
functions

https://quizlet.com/12021758/fetal-pig-disection-exam-flash-cards/ - also
functions most too:)