Dissection of the Rat Ocean County College Dr. Camilo
Here we have the Trachea
Right below the Trachea is the Esophagus
Then you have the Thymus, the Heart the Lung the right lung has 3 lobes 1,2,3 and the Left lung has 2 lobes 1,and 2 down here.
This is the Diaphragm, This is the Liver. Below the liver is the Lesser Omentum and this is the Stomach
Below the stomach you have the Spleen, right here, and below the spleen you have the Pancreas, this brownish organ here.
Underneath that he has left kidney and on the opposite side you have the right kidney here.
Notice of the right kidney is always higher then the left kidney.
Starting from the stomach you go down the digestive system the douadenum and
into the Small Intestine the small intestines goes through and evantually reaches the Cecum.
The cecum is where the small intestine and large intestine meet and it is noticeable because it is a dead end.
and both the large intestine and small intestine come out of the other side.
You can tell the small intestines from the large intestines because of the mesentary. These are the mesenteric blood vessels and this keep the
intestins in it's place. The Large Intestine raps it self through the abdominal cavity continues on and eventualy reaches the rectum.
and goes out the anus.
if you notice here there are some very small pellets in this rectum.
You have the two Uterine Horns. This is a gravid uterine horn. There are multipal babies in the horn
If you look at the end of the uterine horn you will see a small brown sprec which is the Ovary.
and the body of uterus is down here.
and here is your Urinary Bladder.
This urinary bladder happens to be not full so it is very small and compact.