Fetal Pig Dissection Guide

Including Sheep Heart, Brain and Eye
3rd edition

James S. Miller, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology, Goshen College (1980 – 2011)

Copyright (c) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 by James S. Miller

• This laboratory manual was developed over a period of four years, with the help of numerous Goshen College students. See the list of credits for their names.
• You may see examples of book content: table of contents, a list of illustrations, a two page sample of the contents, and examples of medical notes.
• You may also see a page of pig and dissection humor, a description of why fetal pigs are good dissection specimens, or a large collection of hints and tips and interesting facts about the fetal pig.

Important educational features of this dissection guide include:

Designed to work with students’ natural dissecting style

• All important structures are clearly visible on one or more of the 63 illustrations
• Illustrations are on the same page or facing page from their textual descriptions
• Illustrations are designed to be as life-like as possible, while clearly identifying important structures
• Items on illustrations are identified by number rather than name, encouraging students to read the accompanying text

Clearly written descriptions

• Each important structure is identified by bold type and underlining at the beginning of a paragraph describing the structure
• Dissection instructions are written to be as clear and accurate as possible
• Printed with a large, clear typeface to make it easy to read in the lab setting

Designed to accommodate various types of classes

• Material is organized to facilitate omitting selected sections if time is limited
• More difficult material within sections is marked to facilitate special treatment
• Supplementary material is organized within appendices

Organized for ease of navigation

• Table of Contents, List of Figures, and Index facilitate locating specific material
• In important cases, cross-references to other illustrations are given within the text

Medical Notes – special sections that enhance relevance

• 33 of these special, boxed sections make connections between the structures students are studying and relevant human diseases of those structures

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