Pig Dissection

     I think the relate and review for the pig dissection would be "What is the structure and function of the different body parts in a pig?"  During the course of this pig dissection, we needed to identify and say what the function of each part is.  The pig dissection relates to this class because in the last unit, we have learned about the different body systems of a human.  A pig and human are very similar in anatomy because we are both mammals because of the traits we learned in the previous unit.  For me, my favorite of the dissection was cutting the skin open to see all the body parts.  I cannot really say why, but it felt satisfying when I cut open the skin and see the organs inside the pig.  I am not grossed out by the organs and I find it interesting.  I also liked looking inside the pig and trying to identify the body parts and what they look like.  I used the tools and poked around in the pig to see what is inside.  The pig dissection was definitely a valuable experience.  It is not every day where you get to dissect a pig.  Also, since this is a biology class and biology is the study of life and living organism, it is important to look at an actual living organism.  Learning about something is one thing, but it is another thing to actually look at the thing in real life.  For the pig dissection, we were asked to identify the structure and function of the pig with a video tutorial and that video my group and I made can be viewed here via YouTube.