Lab Practical I - Rat Dissection

Question 1

Snout

Answer 1

Rostrum

Question 2

Ears

Answer 2

Auricles

Question 3

Front leg

Answer 3

Forelimb

Question 4

Hind Leg

Answer 4

Hindlimb

Question 5

Teats

Answer 5

Mammary Papilla

Question 6

Where urination takes place (male)

Answer 6

urogenital orifice

Question 7

testicle

Answer 7

scrotum

Question 8

where urination takes place (female)

Answer 8

External urethral orifice

Question 9

Where babies come out

Answer 9

Vaginal orifice

Question 10

anus

Question 11

Organs of the abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 11

liver
spleen
urinary bladder

Question 12

Organs of the thoracic cavity

Answer 12

Lungs
Heart
Thymus gland
Esophagus
Trachea

also vena cava

Question 13

Body cavities

Answer 13

Thoracic Cavity

Abdominopelvic Cavity

Question 14

Covers lungs

Answer 14

visceral pleura

Question 15

lines thoracic cavity wall

Answer 15

parietal pleura

Question 16

covers heart

Answer 16

visceral pericardium

Question 17

surrounds pericardial cavity

Answer 17

parietal pericardium

Question 18

Serous membranes of the abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 18

visceral peritoneum

parietal peritoneum

Question 19

Lines abdominopelvic cavity wall

Answer 19

parietal peritoneum

Question 20

covers stomach, spleen, small intestine

Answer 20

visceral peritoneum

Question 21

a fold of the peritoneum which attaches the stomach, small intestine, pancreas, spleen, and other organs to the posterior wall of the abdomen.

Answer 21

mesentary

Question 22

organs of the abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 22

Liver
spleen (behind the stomach)
urinary bladder
stomach
pancreas
kidney
colon
cecum
kidney (looks like kidney bean behind pancreas)
ureter (below kidney)

Question 23

reproductive organs (female)

Answer 23

ovsaries
uterine horn
uterine body

Question 24

reproductive system (male rat)

Answer 24

testis (inside scrotum)

ductus deferens