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Sheep dissection

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For this article, the class was paired into groups and dissected a sheep heart. Sam Pearson and I were partners, and our task was to find the different structures of the sheep heart and compare it to the heart of a human as well. When the structures were found, we were to take pictures of the parts, label, and send them to the computer.It was more hands on than just simply looking at diagrams in a book on a heart and its different structures. I thought it was cool when water was poured into one valve and would come out in another area. That just showed me how the blood flows through the heart to the different areas, creating different cycles. In this sense, I was able to see the different functions of the structures and figure out how the heart works in a human body as well. I was not grossed out or hesitant one bit when it came to the sheep heart: it was a lot of fun! However, cutting all the fat off the heart was my least favorite part, especially because my sheep had plenty of it, and it made it hard to tell if I was cutting through the heart or not. I hope these pictures are interesting and show you all of the hard work my partner and I put into this dissection!