A & P Fetal Pig Home Page

For a culminating activity in anatomy and physiolology students will dissect a fetal pig.  This lab activity allows students observe the organ systems in a mammal closely related to humans.  The dissection and associated questions will also help students review for the mid-term.

On this page you can learn why fetal pigs make excellent dissection specimens, the life cycle of a pig and how to sex a piglet.

Once you have the basics down you can:

Learn about the organ systems of the fetal pig and look at some photos of those systems

Go to the main page of the dissection of the fetal pig 

Finished the Dissection - go to the fetal pig organ review page to get ready for test

General Pig Information

A new born piglet

 Learn more about gestation and birth.

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