1. Warm-up (Mini-essay)
What value do you think dissection and animal testing serve science? Defend your argument in at least three paragraphs. When you are done, you may put your warm-up in your folder to turn in, and get out a sheet of paper to take notes.

2. Dorsal
Cranial
Caudal
Ventral

3. Anterior
Posterior

4. Medial: Toward a midpoint
Lateral: Away from a midpoint

5. Proximal: Closer to the trunk
Distal: Further from the trunk

6. Basic Appearance

7. Internal Anatomy

8. Classification
Artiodactyla
Suidae
Sus
sapiens
Sus scrofa

9. Think about these comparisons:

10. Warm-up
What lab safety rules must we follow in order to protect ourselves, our classmates, and to respect the life of the fetal pig during the dissection lab?

11. Determining Age of your Pig

12. Determining the Sex of your Pig

13. Preparing to Dissect

14. What are the tools we will use?

15. Making the Incisions:
Decide on ventral-incision style based upon the gender of your fetal pig

16. Making the Incisions: Dissection tip: Start above the umbilical cord
Always cut pulling upward

17. Which systems will we explore through dissection?
Digestive System – Day One
Respiratory System – Day Two
Circulatory System – Day Two
Excretory System – Day Three
Reproductive System – Day Three
Each day, before we begin, we will explore a virtual dissection online: