Begin by clicking on the "Anatomical References" tab

1. What is the anterior region of the pig?
2. What is the posterior region of the pig?
3. What is the dorsal region of the pig?
4. What is the posterior region of the pig?

Click on the "Sexing your pig" tab. Click on both "Is it a male?"
and "Is it a female" tabs.

5. What are some key differences between the external anatomy of male and female pigs?

Click on the "digestive system" tab on the right of the screen. Click on "the head" tab and then the "inside the oral cavity" tab. Explore through the inside of the oral cavity. Next, click on the "Abdominal Cavity" tab. Click on the "abdomen".

6. What is the dark organ that is now visible?

Next, click on "cutting deeper". Click on "Through the Peritoneal Membrane"

7. What organs are now visible?

Click "'inside the abdomen".

8. What do you notice about the duodenum?

Click through the rest of the abdomen and explore.

9. What are three observations you can make about the rest of the digestive system?

Click on the "Circulatory System". Note the incision lines drawn that are required to open the thoracic cavity. Click on the "heart and lungs" and read through the page. Click through the rest of the circulatory system and explore.

10. What do notice about the heart/lungs? How are they similar and different from the heart/lungs?
11. How does the cross section of the pig heart compare to the cross section of the cow heart?

Click on the "Respiratory System"

12. What do you notice about the trachea?
13. What are three observations you can make about the respiratory system?

Click on the "Nervous System"

14. Locate the cerebellum. What is the function of this part of the brain?

Click through the different regions of the nervous system.

15. What are three observations you can make about the nervous system?

Now it is your turn! Take the time to explore through the different components of the fetal pig at your own pace and make some observations.

Reflection:

16. How did this virtual dissection help your understanding of the various systems in the human body?
17. What are some of the "pros" of an online dissection? What are some of the "cons"?
18. What are some key takeaways you had from doing this virtual dissection?

Begin by clicking on the &quot;Anatomical References&quot; tab 1...

Begin by clicking on the "Anatomical References" tab 1...