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Virtual Pig Dissection
Edited from a lab by G. Foster
Pigs are mammals, and therefore, are similar to humans in many ways. They have the
same types of organ systems, and lots of other anatomy that can be found in humans.
Click on the link to V.P.D. Web site: http://www.whitman.edu/biology/vpd/main.html
If your computer does not have Shockwave you need to download it from the
Shockwave site. There is a link to the Shockwave plug in on the Virtual Pig website.
This website has two parts: System Study Guides and System Quizzes.
Complete the Study Guides, and then take their corresponding quizzes.
Anatomical Reference Guide:
*Go through the different sections of this to familiarize yourself with the
directional terminology in regards to anatomical structures.* Takes notes below as you
go:
Open the Anatomical Reference Quiz under the quizzes page and complete it. You must
go through the quiz by clicking the arrows. When you are done your results will be
posted in red and green at the top.
Results from the quiz: ______ Correct _______ Incorrect
Have a student next to you check your score and sign here legibly:______________
Now go to Sexing Your Pig
*Click on It’s a Male*
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1. Does a male pig have nipples?
2. What is the caudal region?
3. What is the swelling that is ventral to the anus?
*Click on It’s a Female*
4. Only the female has a _________________ ___________________.
5. What are the two plastic tubes inserted into?
Open the Sexing you Pig Quiz under the quizzes page and complete it. You must go
through the quiz by clicking the arrows. When you are done your results will be posted
in red and green at the top.
Results from the quiz: ______ Correct _______ Incorrect
Have a DIFFERENT student than before that is next to you check your score and
sign here legibly:______________
Reproductive System Study Guide:
*Click on Female*
1. What do the ovaries contain?
2. Oviducts = _____________ ____________
3. In what structure does the fertilized egg develop into a fetus?___________
*Click on Male*
4. What takes place in the testes?
5. What is the function of the epididymus?
Open the Reproductive System Quiz under the quizzes page and complete it. You must
go through the quiz by clicking the arrows. When you are done your results will be
posted in red and green at the top.
Write the order in which an egg travels through a female reproductive system:
Write the order in which a sperm travels through the male reproductive system:
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Name:___________________________Hour:_____
Virtual Pig Dissection
Edited from a lab by G. Foster
Circulatory System Study Guide:
1. What is the circulatory system responsible for?
2. What does the thymus gland do?
3. What happens to it later in life?
4. What causes heart attacks?
5. To the right draw the heart with the four chambers labeled  :
6. The aorta is the largest artery in the body. Which chamber of the heart pumps
blood into the aorta? ________ ___________________
7. Trace the pathway blood takes from the body through the heart and back to
the body.
Open the Circulatory Quiz under the quizzes page and complete it. You must go
through the quiz by clicking the arrows. When you are done your results will be posted
in red and green at the top.
Write the correct sequence for the flow of blood.
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Respiratory System Study Guide:
1. What does the respiratory system do, specifically?
2. Trace the pathway by listing the structures air takes going into the pig’s body.
3. What is the size of the pig lung?____________cm
4. How does the diaphragm function to bring air into the lungs?
Open the Respiratory Quiz under the quizzes page and complete it. You must go
through the quiz by clicking the arrows.
When you are done your results will be posted in red and green at the top. Write them
here: Correct___________Incorrect______ Have Mrs. K sign here:___________________
What are the functions for the following (according to the quiz):
Lungs –
Bronchi –
Diaphragm –
Nares –
Trachea -
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Name:___________________________Hour:_____
Virtual Pig Dissection
Edited from a lab by G. Foster
Digestive System Study Guide:
*Click on the head of the pig*
1. What are the paired nares?________________________
2. What are they for?
3. What is the function of the papillae?
4. Where is the epiglottis located?_________________________
5. What is the epiglottis for?
*Start Over*  *Click on Abdomen*
6. Which organs are highlighted on the picture once the cut is made through the
peritoneal membrane?
7. What organ is visible underneath the liver?______________________
8. How long is a near term (almost ready to be born) fetal pig’s small intestine?
9. What occurs in the small intestine?
10. What occurs in the large intestine?
11. What is the location and function of the gall bladder?
12. To make it easier to see, a string has been looped around the ____________ in
the picture. What is this thing?
13. What are rugae?
14. What purpose do they serve? BURP!
15. What does the spleen do?
16. What is the purpose of the rectum?
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17. What is the function of the pyloric sphincter?
18. Which organ filters out and destroys dead blood cells?
19. What is the function of the umbilical arteries?
20. Why is the pancreas important?
21. What is the last part of the large intestine that stores solid waste?___________
22. Why is the mesentery a purplish color?
Open the Digestive System Quiz under the quizzes page and complete it. You must go
through the quiz by clicking the arrows. When you are done your results will be posted
in red and green at the top.
Results from the quiz: ______ Correct _______ Incorrect
Have Mrs. K check your score and sign here: ___________________________
Excretory System Study Guide:
1. What is “excretion”?
2. What are the kidneys responsible for?
3. What is the measurement of the kidney when it is cut open? ________cm
4. What else do the kidneys do?
5. Which blood vessel carries unfiltered blood to the kidneys?____________
6. Where is the urine stored?______________
7. How does urine exit the bladder?
Open the Excretory Quiz under the quizzes page and complete it. You must go through
the quiz by clicking the arrows. When you are done your results will be posted in red and
green at the top.
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
properly in the space below.
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