Pig Dissection

In this lab we dissected a pig, all the while finding and identifying certain organs and systems and saying what their function is. The purpose of this lab was to better help the students understand and remember the functions of these organ systems within the pig, and within ourselves as well. This greatly related to what we learned in class because it reinforced organ system and function information in our heads.

The most interesting part of the lab for me was when we cut open the pig to find all the organ systems perfectly stacked up, like the pictures in text books. I expected it to be slightly different and less perfectly stacked because, similarly, when taught about the solar system, all the planets are stacked up, when in reality that is very rarely the case.