1. Rat Dissection Virtual Rat Dissection 1 Virtual Rat Dissection 2

2. Day 1 Safety & Clean-up External Anatomy, Digestive System in the Abdominal Cavity

3. Goggles/Glasses, Gloves, & Aprons

4. Anatomical Positions If the rat is on its back, it is lying on its dorsal side. If the rat is on its stomach, it is lying on its ventral side. A rat’s food enters the body in the anterior side. A rat’s wastes exits the body from the posterior side.

5. Is it male or female? 12 Nipples (Mammary papillae) Vaginal Aperture (Vulva)

6. Body Cavities

7. Where to make your incisions

8. Removing the skin

12. Abdominal Cavity

18. Day 2 Thoracic Cavity & Clean-up

20. Thoracic Cavity

23. Heart

24. Circulatory System—Thoracic Cavity

25. Circulatory System—Abdominal Cavity

28. Kidney

29. Urogenital Organs MaleFemale

30. Female Abdominal Cavity

31. Male Abdominal Cavity

32. Skeletal System

33. Muscular System

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