Fetal Pig Dissections

• Dissection credit to my Biology 2 students.

• Sorry about the poor quality of some of the photos.

• We did not dissect a male; therefore you will not be asked to identify the male reproductive organs (i.e. testes)

Fetal pig

Thymus gland

Fetal pig

Thyroid gland

Portions of thymus

Fetal pig

Urinary bladder

Right umbilical artery

Fetal pig

ovaries

Urinary bladder

Left umbilical artery

Fetal pig

Kidneys (where should a ureter be)?

Fetal pigLiver (two lobes)

Gall bladder (green organ nestled in lobe of liver)

Small intestines

Large intestines

stomach

spleen

heart

Left lung

Fetal pig (identify the organs)