Respiratory System

Overall this was a very interesting experience dissecting the respiratory system. Matt and I both learned a lot dissecting the respiratory system. When taking apart the lungs we were able to learn about the alveoli branches in the lungs. All of nodes if the lungs were very interesting to look at too. Overall it was a very good expierence.

Arteries of the cat

The arteries of the cat were very interesting, although it was very complex, it was very interesting to see that. The cat was very delicate and Matt did a good job dissecting the cat and an excellent job on the veins. I was very poor at doing this yet Matt did a very good job. This was a good expierenced and I learned a lot.

the heart description

the heart in our cat was quite the experience. The heart was fairly large and the removal of the heart was very interesting, when taking out the heart it was an oval shape. The heart was very interesting to look at and the cross dissection and all the valves were present in it. the heart very interesting too look at because it is very similar to how our heart, and it helped me learn a lot.

Microscope Day

On the microscope day we looked at different tissues under the microscope. It was very interesting and I enjoyed this quite a lot. I find it very interesting to observe some of the muscles just because of the significant striations and patterns they contain. We observed (pictured)Lm
1: Stratified columnar epithelium.vpj
2: involuntary muscle.
3: cardiac muscle

3 Different types of muscle tissue

Cardiac
-located in the heart
-striated but not voluntary
-automatically contracts allowing the heart to beat
Smooth
-located in walls of hollow visceral organs
-role is to force fluids and other substances through internal body channels
Skeletal
-packaged into the skeletal muscle
-contains striations
-voluntary muscle only muscle type subject to conscious control

Skinning Day 3

Skinning in day three was big. We were making very fast progress and we were almost done. We had finished skinning the whole cat and now needed to skin the back. The back was tough because the fat pad near the head was a pain to get past. The skin also around the neck and face was extremely thick so that took a while to cut. Once an cut was made down the back, you only would have to cut the connective tissue and peel it back.

Skinning day 1

This was an exciting day for the first incision, we cut along the trunk of the body and extended it to the lower trunk, after that we would slowly peel he skin away from the muscle while scraping the connective tissue away from the muscle. This was pretty interesting to do, I was nervous at first and finally adjusted to it. This was very interesting for me and Matt and it has crossed our mind that pursuing a medical field might be an option when looking for a career.