Fetal Pig Dissection Guide

List of Figures

Fig. 1 - Bones -----------------------------------16
Fig. 2 - Incision Lines ----------------------------17
Fig. 3 - Ventral Muscles -------------------------20
Fig. 4 - Neck Muscles ---------------------------22
Fig. 5 - Lateral Forelimb Muscles ----------------24
Fig. 6 - Lateral Shoulder Muscles ----------------26
Fig. 7 - Medial Shoulder Muscles ----------------28
Fig. 8 - Medial Forelimb Muscles ----------------30
Fig. 9 - Back Muscles ----------------------------32
Fig. 10 - Lateral Leg Muscles --------------------34
Fig. 11 - Medial Hind Leg Muscles ---------------36
Fig. 12 - Salivary Glands -------------------------38
Fig. 13 - Oral Cavity -----------------------------40
Fig. 14 - Abdominal Incisions --------------------43
Fig. 15 - Abdominal Organs ----------------------44
Fig. 16 - Stomach, Liver and Gall Bladder --------46
Fig. 17 - Stomach Schematic ---------------------47
Fig. 18 - Bile Duct System -----------------------48
Fig. 19 - Bile Duct System Schematic ------------48
Fig. 20 - Thoracic Incisions ----------------------50
Fig. 21 - Thoracic Organs -----------------------50
Fig. 22 - Heart and Lung Structures --------------52
Fig. 23 - Deep Chest Structures ------------------54
Fig. 24 - Female Genitourinary Structures ---------56
Fig. 25 - Male Genitourinary Structures -----------58
Fig. 26 - Male Deep Pelvic Structures ------------60
Fig. 27 - Anterior Veins --------------------------62
Fig. 28 - Anterior Veins Schematic ---------------62
Fig. 29 - Arm & Chest Wall Veins ---------------64
Fig. 30 - Arm & Chest Veins Schematic ----------64
Fig. 31 - Hepatic Portal Veins --------------------66
Fig. 32 - Abdominal Veins Schematic -------------66
Fig. 33 - Posterior Veins --------------------------68
Fig. 34 - Anterior Arteries ------------------------70
Fig. 35 - Anterior Arteries Schematic -------------70
Fig. 36 - Arm & Chest Wall Arteries -------------72
Fig. 37 - Arm & Chest Arterial Schematic --------72
Fig. 38 - Anterior Arterial Exposure --------------74
Fig. 39 - Anterior Abdominal Arteries ------------76
Fig. 40 - Abdominal Arterial Schematic -----------76
Fig. 41 - Posterior Abdominal Arteries ------------76
Fig. 42 - Posterior Aortic Branches ---------------78
Fig. 43 - Fetal Circulation -------------------------80
Fig. 44 - Adult Circulatory Patterns ---------------82
Fig. 45 - Sheep Heart, Ventral Aspect ------------84
Fig. 46 - Sheep Heart, Dorsal Aspect -------------84
Fig. 47 - Sheep Heart, Coronal Section -----------86
Fig. 48 - Sheep Heart, Right Side -----------------88
Fig. 49 - Sheep Heart, Left Side ------------------88
Fig. 50 - Sheep Eye Longitudinal Section ---------90
Fig. 51 - Sheep Eye Cross Section ---------------90
Fig. 52 - Sheep Brain, Lateral View --------------92
Fig. 53 - Sheep Brain, Top View -----------------92
Fig. 54 - Sheep Brain Saggital Section ------------94
Fig. 55 - Sheep Brain, Basal View ----------------96
Fig. 56 - Internal Kidney Structure ----------------98
Fig. 57 - Ventral Fetal Pig Heart -----------------100
Fig. 58 - Dorsal Fetal Pig Heart ------------------100
Fig. 59 - Fetal Pig Right Atrium ------------------102
Fig. 60 - Fetal Pig Right Heart -------------------102
Fig. 61 - Fetal Pig Left Heart --------------------102
Fig. 62 - Deep Thoracic Structures --------------104

Fig. 63 - Brachial Plexus Nerves -----------------106

You may return to the Fetal Pig Dissection Guide home page, or see the list of credits, the table of contents, a two page sample of the contents, examples of medical notes, a page of pig and dissection humor, a description of why fetal pigs are good dissection specimens, or a page of hints, tips and interesting facts about the fetal pig.

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Last updated January 1998

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