<p>INTRODUCTION TO FETAL PIG DISSECTION (Virtual) Name:______</p><p>Go to: http://www.whitman.edu/biology/vpd/main.html</p><p>Under Study Guides: Click on Anatomical References.</p><p>1. Label the body regions on the pig below.</p><p>2. (A) Name the plane that separates the pig into anterior and posterior regions: ______</p><p>(B) Is this the same plane that divides the human body into anterior and posterior regions? _____ If not, then which one? ______</p><p>3. (A) Name the plane that separates the pig into left and right regions: ______</p><p>(B) Is this the same plane that divides the human body into left & right regions? _____ If not, then which one? ______</p><p>4. (A) Into what sections does a FRONTAL plane divide the pig into? ______</p><p>(B) Is this the same for the human body? _____ If not, then what is difference? ______</p><p>Click on Sexing Your Pig</p><p>5. Describe how to distinguish the MALE pig from the FEMALE pig.</p><p>MALE:</p><p>FEMALE:</p><p>Click on Digestive System Start with HEAD region.</p><p>6. What are NARES?</p><p>7. What is the function of the sensory papillae?</p><p>8. What is the gland exposed when an incision is made on the side of the head? 9. What are four features to note in the oral cavity.</p><p>10. Name and distinguish between the two PALATES in the pig’s mouth.</p><p>11. Counting the tusks and the unerupted teeth, how many are seen in the fetal pig’s mouth?</p><p>12. What is the PHARYNX and where is it located?</p><p>13. What is the flap called that is visible in the pharynx? What is its function?</p><p>Click on Start Over and click on the abdominal region of the pig.</p><p>14. What 3 muscles are visible when the first incisions are made?</p><p>15. What is the first organ visible?</p><p>16. Once you have cut through the peritoneal membrane, what organs can you easily see?</p><p>17. Where is the stomach?</p><p>18. About how long can the small intestine of the fetal pig be?</p><p>19. What happens in the large intestine?</p><p>20. What is the function of the gall bladder?</p><p>21. What is the muscular membrane that separates the peritoneal cavity from the abdominal cavity?</p><p>22. The pyloric sphincter in the stomach opens and closes to allow food passage into the</p><p>23. What is rugae?</p><p>24. What is the function of the spleen?</p><p>25. What are 3 other features visible in the abdomen? 26. What is the mesentery?</p><p>Click on Excretory System.</p><p>27. Name 4 organs of the excretory system that are visible.</p><p>28. Name 3 regions of the kidney (you will need to dissect the kidney)</p><p>29. Distinguish between renal arteries and renal veins.</p><p>30. Through what organ does urine pass to travel from the kidneys to the bladder.</p><p>31. What organ carries urine out of the body from the bladder?</p><p>Click on Circulatory System.</p><p>32. Name four substances transported through the circulatory system.</p><p>33. What is the function of the thymus gland and what happens to it as the pig matures?</p><p>34. What is the “line” separating the left side of the heart from the right side? What is its function?</p><p>35. Label the four chambers of the heart on the diagram below. </p><p>36. Why is the left ventricle thicker than the right ventricle?</p><p>37. Trace the flow of blood through the heart using the diagram in #35.</p><p>38. What is the function of the Chordae Tendinae</p><p>Click on Reproductive System.</p><p>39. Name the 3 organs visible in the FEMALE reproductive system…Give their function. 40. What is the male counterpart to the female ovaries?</p><p>41. What are the tubes within this organ that makes the sperm?</p><p>42. What is the function of the epididymis?</p><p>Click on Respiratory System.</p><p>43. What feature in the trachea ensure that it will remain open?</p><p>44. What is the name of the tube that branch off the trachea and enter the lungs?</p><p>45. The tube named in #44 branches off into ______, which branches into the ______(air sacs).</p><p>Click on Nervous System.</p><p>46. What is the 3 layer membrane that covers and protects the brain?</p><p>47. Name the 4 lobes of the brain and give their function. (notice that correspond to the names of the cranial bones which would lie above!)</p><p>48. What are the olfactory lobes? Is this sense good in pigs? How do you know?</p><p>49. What feature connects the two hemispheres of the brain?</p><p>50. What differences do you note in the number of vertebrae of pigs and humans?</p><p>If there is enough time, try the quizzes!</p>