Step One
Lab Nine "Mammalian Anatomy II ". In this lab, you will dissect a virtual fetal pig. Both pigs and humans are mammals; therefore, you will be studying mammalian anatomy of the fetal pigs urinary system and relate to the anatomy in humans.

Instructions: Click on the following links to view the Pre-Lab Lecture Tutorials on your introduction to the anatomy of the fetal pig.

Lab 9 Tutorial by Mitch Albers

• Overview of the dissection of the fetal pig.
• Overview the urinary system.
• Concentrating the urine
• How do Kidneys Work?
• The Vascular Kidney
  • Kidney Stones
  • Kidney Transplant
    • more info

Please refer to chapters 6, 9 and 15 in Sylvia S. Mader's Human Biology texbook for more details on the anatomy covered in this lab.



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Step Two
This "Virtual" lab experiment is titled, "VDP Virtual Pig Dissection " Here you'll learn the anatomy of the urinary and reproductive systems of the fetal pig.

Please go to the following links to get all the instructions for doing your dissections at the "VPD" website.

EXPERIMENT ONE:

• Learn all the organs or the excretory (urinary system) of the fetal pig.

  Excretion is the process of removing cellular metabolic wastes from the body. These wastes include chemicals from cellular metabolic activity and foreign substances like drugs.

  Choose one of the following to explore:

  • Kidneys
  • Renal blood vessels
  • Ureters
  • Bladder

EXPERIMENT TWO:

• Explore the urinary system at "Innerbody.com"

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Step Four

Instructions: Test your knowledge on the fetal pigs anatomy.

• Urinary System Quiz
• Web Anatomy Urinary System
• Web Anatomy the Kidney
• Interactive Kidney Quiz

When you have completed taking the practice quizzes you are then ready to take the LAB 9 QUIZ in D2L. Please check the course syllabus to make sure that you complete the lab quiz by the scheduled due date. Select the following link to go to D2L:

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