Lab 2 - Rat Dissections

This image shows an entire rat that has already been opened up.

Here's a closeup of the rat's trachea (it's a little buried in the tissues of the neck, but you can see the cartilage rings clearly)

Here's a picture of the rat's heart.  You can see the lungs to either side, and the diaphragm in the lower left of the picture.

Here's the abdominal cavity as it looks when you first open it.  The liver and intestines fill most of the view.

This probe is stuck in the rat's cecum

In this picture, the liver has been moved up, so that you can see the stomach and spleen.  The kidney is also visible in the lower right portion of the picture.

In this picture you can see the pancreas sitting at the point where the stomach and small intestine join.

This picture shows the mesentery connecting the portions of the small intestine.

This image shows the female urogenital system.  You can see the uterus, with it's two horns, and the urinary bladder.

This picture shows the male reproductive system - you can see the testes and head of the epididymis