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Virtual Pig Dissection
Go to: http://www.whitman.edu/content/virtualpig
Digestive System Study Guide (Click on Digestive System in the left pane of the window)
**Click on The Head**
1. What is the function of the sensory papillae?
2. What are the paired nares?
**Click: “Next: Inside the oral cavity”**
3. What is the main difference between the hard and soft palates?
4. Where is the epiglottis located?
**Click “Next: The abdominal cavity”**
**Click “Next: Abdomen”
**Click “Next: Cutting deeper”**
**Click “Next: Through the peritoneal membrane”**
5. Which organs are highlighted on the picture once the cut is
made through the peritoneal membrane? Label them on the
picture to the right.
**Click “Next: Inside the abdomen”**
6. What’s visible underneath the liver?
7. What occurs in the small intestine?
** Click “Next: Gall Bladder”**
8. What is the location and function of the gall bladder?
**Click “Next: Remove the Liver”**
**Click “Next: Stomach and Spleen”**
9. What is the function of the pyloric sphincter?
10. What is the function and location of the rugae?
11. Which organ filters out and destroys dead blood cells?
**Click “Next: Rectum, umbilical arteries, pancreas”**
12. What is the last part of the large intestine that stores solid waste?
13. Why is the pancreas important? What is the difference between the exocrine pancreas and endocrine
pancreas?
14. What is the function of the umbilical arteries?
**Click “Next: Mesentery”**
15. Why is the mesentery a purplish color?
Excretory System Study Guide (Click on Excretory System in the left pane of the window)
**Click “Kidneys”**
1. What are the kidneys responsible for?
2. What else do the kidneys do?
**Click “Next: view the internal structure of the kidney here”**
**Click “Next: Perform the incision”**
3. What are the three regions of the kidney?
4. What is the functional unit of the kidney?
5. Which blood vessel carries unfiltered blood to the kidneys?
6. Where does filtered blood leave the kidney?
**Click “Next: Renal blood vessels”**
**Click “Next: Ureters”**
7. What is the function of the ureters?
**Click “Next: Bladder”**
8. Where is urine stored?
9. How does urine exit the bladder?
Circulatory System Study Guide (Click on Circulatory System in the left pane of the window)
1. What is the circulatory system responsible for?
**Click “Click here to continue”**
2. What does the thymus do? What happens to it later in life?
**Click “Next: The heart and lungs”**
3. What causes heart attacks?
4. Label the picture to the right.
**Click “Next: The aorta”**
5. What chamber of the heart pumps blood into the aorta?
6. Trace the pathway blood takes from the body through the heart and back to the body by listing the
parts in order. (look online, in notes, or book)
Reproductive System Study Guide (Click on Reproductive System in the left pane of the window)
**Click “Male”**  Continue clicking next to answer both questions.
1. What are the three main organs of the male reproductive system?
2. List the functions of each of these three organs.
**Click “Female” on the left pane of the window**  Continue clicking next to answer all three questions.
3. What are the three main organs of the female reproductive system?
4. List the functions of each of these three organs.
5. What happens to fertilized eggs inside of the uterus?
Respiratory System Study Guide (Click on Respiratory System in the left pane of the window)
**Continue clicking next through all windows to answer both questions**
1. Trace the pathway that air takes going into the pig’s body by listing all the structures.
2. How does the diaphragm function to bring air into the lungs?
QUIZZES
Digestive System Quiz
Complete the Digestive System Quiz and list your results:
______ Correct
_______ Incorrect
Excretory System Quiz
You must complete Part 1 correctly to move on to Part 2. You must complete Part 2 correctly to
move on to Part 3.
Part 3: Draw how the parts of the puzzle for the excretory system fit together in the space below.
Circulatory System Quiz
Write the correct sequence of blood flow.
Respiratory System Quiz
What are the functions for the following (according to the quiz)?
Lungs –
Bronchi –
Diaphragm –
Nares –
Trachea –