Tuesday, May 17, 2011

the dissection of officer wallace

In the dissection of a pig, i was appointed too investigate the outer workings and digestive properties of the pig.  Not surprisingly they look very similar to the human digestive system as well.  in the lab, Dillon and I found the lungs, esophagus, liver, small and large intestine, rectum, colon, and kidneys.  The name of our subject was officer wallace, a mean cop who hates fun.
    Ok so besides that fact, the pig was allot more complex than first thought.  There was three different sections people were assigned to study.  Digestive, circulatory, and reproductive.  I studied the digestive.  After opening wallace up, we found all the parts.  Pry the most interesting thing about the pig was the fact that you could possibly jump rope with its small intestine.  We cut the mesentary off of the pig and stretched out the intestine.  As far as it would go it was probly 6-7 feet long.
     At least o learned something this time around doing the dissection.  In middle school my group just mutilated the poor thing.  I now have a better idea of how things work inside the piglet.  RIP Officer Wallace :)

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