Challenge A Dissection Night

Last night B participated in her Challenge A Dissection Night!  If you know me, then you know that I love dissections.  I think they are truly fascinating and there is so much to learn.  Like A last year, B dissected a sheep's pluck which includes the heart, lungs and fully attached trachea.

Warning - dissection photos ahead so if you are squeamish prepare yourself.

Bucket of sheep plucks

B discussing the dissection with her tutor.

Answering questions

First, B and her partner dissected the trachea.

They opened it up.


Then, they used a hand pump inserted into the trachea to manually inflate the lungs.  This part is always awesome.  See the short video below.

Watching the lungs inflate

Another view

They looked at the lungs next but I don't think I have any pictures of that.

Looking at the heart.

Dissecting into the heart.

Another view

If you have never done dissections, it's a great hands-on learning experience.