1. 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. Warm-up (Mini-essay)

2. Dorsal Ventral CranialCaudal

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 sapiens Artiodactyla Suidae Sus Sus scrofa

9. Use your textbook to define these classifications. And then look at your pig to see which observable traits place the Pig and Human into these taxa

10. What are three observable adaptations for survival? What about traits that are not readily observable?

11. Think about these comparisons:

12. 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?

13. Determining Age of your Pig

14. Determining the Sex of your Pig

15. Preparing to Dissect

16. What are the tools we will use?

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

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

19. 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: http://www.whitman.edu/biology/vpd/main.html