After observing many of the outside traits of our fetal pig, we were now ready to really look beneath the skin. The skinning lab is very important because it is the layer that covers much of the muscular system that we wanted to observe. By removing the skin by pulling and cutting, we would then increase our knowledge by getting our hands dirty and internally observing the pig. Under the skin, we would be able to view some of the many muscles that we learned in the past chapters.
Over these 15 consecutive days our criminal justice class has watched the decomposition of 9 still born piglets, which were laid out in a specific way, with specific wounds. Piglet 10 was put into a box at the beginning of the experiment, and was not revealed until the end of it. Each piglet was in its own condition. Piglet 0 was naked in a box, Piglet 1 was naked on the grass, piglet 2 had 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree burn all over its body, it too was laying on the grass, piglet 3 was stabbed behind right shoulder, also lying on the grass, piglet 4 had a .380 bullet would on its side, it was laying on the grass, piglet 5 was clothed on the grass, piglet 6 was naked piglet on the black top, piglet 7 was clothed on the black top, piglet 8 was suspended in the air with clothes on, and piglet 9 was suspended in the air naked. At the beginning of the experiment we hypothesized on theories we now know the answer too.
Both the kidney of the pig, and the kidney of the sheep shared similar structures and shapes. The shape of these kidneys are both bean like. The pig’s kidney was much less significant in size compared to the kidney of the sheep. They are both extremely dark red, with a tint of brown. Their odd shape allows for them to function correctly and filtrate urine production and blood.
Fetal pigs also do not have iliac arteries that humans have. Additionally, because of the fact that pigs are quadrupedal and humans are bipedal there are small variations in the size and location of some muscles. Apart from these differences, the organs that are remotely the same in both pigs and humans include, stomach, spleen, bile duct system, small intestines, kidneys, bladder, pericardium, vena cava, esophagus, phrenic nerve, urethra, ovaries, labia, testes, epididymis, vas deferens,
Rinse the organism (earthworm, frogs, or fetal pig) in warm water as it reduces the amount of chemical solution on the organism’s skin. 4. Pin the anterior and posterior end of the organism (earthworm, frogs, or fetal pig) to the dissecting tray. The anterior end of the earthworm, frogs, and fetal frog is the head. The forelegs of the frog and fetal pig are also considered a part of the anterior end.
The hampshire pig has a wide forehead with a good amount of space
Cow Eye Dissection Introduction: In this lab, we dissected a cow’s eye. We learned about the exterior of the eye and the interior as well. We examined and identified the different parts of the eye. The eye is the organ of sight.
“the pig was splayed open now. I could see all the organs: the blueish intestine and the spongy pink pair of lungs. I’d handled plenty of chicken guts on Joel’s farm, but this was different and more distrubing. That was probably because the pig’s internam organs looked exactly like human organs” (Pollan 243). Michael Pollan argues that the a reason people might be disturbed of this chain is because of when they do gut or ‘dress’ the animal after it is hunted and killed, people would see themselves in it because of how similar they are.
40 developmental assets reflect what you learned in your childhood life. In the novel The Pigman, these assets are shown by all characters. In this novel John allows you to explore the 40 developmental assets, caring, other adult relationships, and honesty. In the beginning of the novel John does not really fit either of those, but as he grows up, he starts to fit into those assets. He was a very bad kid until he met Mr. Pignati, Mr. Pignati was a very kind man who cared for John very well.
Why, oh why, at that moment I wanted to take a straight trip to a deserted Island and never come back. I even started imagining myself in place full of unicorns just so, I wouldn’t have to participate in the massacre of the fetal pig. I simply decided to be absent. However, as usual the odds are never in my favor. I later found out that attendance was mandatory and there wouldn’t be anything to make up for this missing grade.
I should have listened to my parents when they scolded me to “Finish your plate, I can still see three pieces of broccoli.” What can I say? I was a stubborn child who, to this day will not touch anything with a hint of potato. I never realized how vital vegetables were to a diet until that’s all I could, or would, eat. My epiphany began in my sophomore biology class, as my favorite teacher excitedly stood in front of the classroom labs to declare “We are starting dissections!”
This is why I think factory farming should be banned for all the safety hazards and the animal abuse towards those pigs. If we replaced all those factory farms with family farms where the cattle or pigs can run around and play until they get butchered instead of sitting in pins all there life and getting trampled to death. They also have to live in there own feces, and the ventilation system isn’t the best. Where on a family farm the animals would be able to run around without getting trampled to death, or having to live in there own feces.
Because of this visualization, I appreciate the author’s professional discussion of a process which could be considered grotesque. For instance, Roach describes each stage in the process on a cadaver known as “H” who, at first, does not “feel or smell dead” and “looks very much alive inside” (480). Then, by the end of the process, “H” appears dead with “her skin dried and dulled at the edges of incision” (Roach 484). Roach offers additional detailed, scientific descriptions of the organ
Humans have many aspects to their lives that all contribute to how satisfied they are with their lives. “It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied.” Both pigs and humans are animals but they are satisfied in different ways. If a pig rolls around in mud all day
The use of Cadavers in my view, and from my experience of working and studying in the dissection lab of the National University of Ireland, Galway is one of the best ways human anatomy can both be taught and learnt and I believe is an essential aspect of the study of educational anatomy and should be utilised in the learning of anatomy where possible. The active, hands-on exploration that cadaveric dissections provide, joined with excellent teaching methods makes for an interesting yet challenging method of learning anatomy. My first time entering a dissection room, I felt a sense of captivation and was very much in awe. This fascination stemmed from the fact that I, along with twenty-something other anatomy students would be delving scalpel first into a human corpse, and experiencing the gross anatomy of the human body first hand.
