Pig Dissection Heart Diagram. Examine the heart and locate the thin membrane or pericardium that still covers the heart. See this diagram for the fetal pig heart and the wikipedia heart article for some good diagrams of human heart.
The umbilical arteries carry blood from the fetus to the placenta. Blood vessels and heart blood leaving the heart travels through arteries to tissues. Fetal pigs are also a popular choice for dissections as they are a bi product of the pork industry therefore as long as people.
Continue cutting from the anterior end of this cut so that it resembles an upside down u.
Identify the major anatomical features of the vertebrate body in a dissected specimen. Navigation and possibly useful toolsa dissection guide atlas to the fetal pig 3rd ed. Give transverse incisions along the length of the limbs. Continue cutting from the anterior end of this cut so that it resembles an upside down u.