Fetal Pig Dissection

Thyroid Gland:  the oval shaped gland is found in the neck ventral to the trachea and just below the larynx.

The trachea branches into each lung. These two tubes are called bronchial tubes . Inside the lungs these branch into smaller bronchioles th...

Since the pig is already open from the digestive system dissection, examine the diaphragm , a sheet of muscle that stretches across the abdo...

Pulmonary Veins:  Consists of four vessels that return form lungs to the left atrium of the heart.

Pulmonary Arteries: The pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs . These are the only arteries that c...

Pulmonary Trunk:  Is the artery that goes from the right ventricles to the lungs. It has two main branches (right and left pulmonary arterie...

Locate the aorta, the largest systemic artery of the body. It leaves the left ventricle, curves to the left, dorsal to the pulmonary artery,...