Pig Heart Dissection Lab Practical

How many heart chambers do mammals have?

• five

• four

• three

• two

Which side of the heart handles oxygenated blood?

• Left side only

• Right side only

• Both right and left

• Neither side

Which specimen did we use in place of studying a human heart?

• Swine

• Sheep

• Bovine

• Feline

Double layered closed sac that surrounds the heart & anchors it is called:

• Pericardium

• Pericardial cavity

• Myocardium

• Papillary muscles

On the left side of the heart you made a lateral cut downwards toward the tip of the heart called:

• Apices

• Groove

• Ventricle

• Apex

When we first started the heart dissection you placed the heart on the ventral side facing towards you? Ventral refers to?

• Back

• Front

• Base

• Tip

The atria are the _____________ chambers.

• Receiving

• Pumping

• Discharge

• Oxygenated

The ventricles are the _____________ chambers.

• Receiving

• Pumping/Discharge

• Deoxygenated

• Thinner

This blood vessel lies in the groove on the front & back of the heart to supply it with fresh blood that is full of nutrients & oxygen.

• Pulmonary artery

• Aorta

• Pulmonary veins

• Coronary artery

This major vessel is a large artery that supplies blood to your upper & lower body.

• Pulmonary

• Coronary

• Aorta

• Interior & superior vena cava