Sheep+Heart+Dissection.

====**__SHEEP HEART DISECTION:__ here are some example of pictures from the disection: **inferior vena cava ====

**__Description:__**
For this assignment I was intructed to dissect a sheeps heart. I did this dissection with a partner.

__Impact:__
For this dissection Cameron and myself teamed up to dissect the Sheep Heart. We learned alot about how the heart functions and also the location of the parts of the heart. I learned how thick and open the aorta is, but how tiny and enclosed the vena cavas were. It was just interesting to see what a heart truly looks like, since most people have a misconception and that the heart is just a simple structure easy to look at and understand like a diagram. I never knew that the heart chambers had different looking linings and shapes. My goal was to squash my own misconceptions on what the heart looked like and to more understand the structures within my own body.

__**Intent:**__
This Dissection gave me an understanding of what a heart would like. Even though it's not the same as a human's heart, it was still very similar. I was amazed at how detailed it was. What I have learned from this dissection helped me to do other dissections such as the cat. It prepared me to be able to identify things in the cat heart. I will relate what I have learned from the sheep heart dissection to help with other dissections I may do in the future.

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