1. Rat Dissection
RATS
The following slides are intended to help you with dissection of the rat and then to review for the lab practical that will follow.

2. Rat Dissection Scientific Name: Rattus norvegicus Common Name: Rat
RATS
Scientific Name: Rattus norvegicus
Common Name: Rat
Kingdom- Animalia
Phylum- Chordata
Subphylum- Vertebrata
Class- Mammalia
Order- Rodentia

3. Dissection tools Probe- to point to a certain structure
Scalpel- to cut fleshy parts
Forceps- to move a structure out of the way
Scissors- to cut bone, and fleshy parts

4. Dissection Safety Always Never Wear safety goggles Wear gloves
Wash your hands with soap afterwards
Let the teacher know if there’s an issue
Put your hair up
Never
Touch your face
Eat or drink (including gum) in the lab
Run
Play with dissecting tools
Disrespect the specimen
Cut towards your hand
Remove pieces of specimens from lab

5. If you feel unwell SIT DOWN!!! Put your head between your knees
Send a friend to tell the teacher

6. Any goofing off, unsafe behavior, immature behavior, or disrespecting specimens will result in an ODR and a zero on the lab.

7. Cutting into the Abdomen
Rat Dissection
Cutting into the Abdomen
Source #4

8. Rat Dissection
DIGESTIVE ORGANS
Source #1

9. Rat Dissection
DIGESTIVE ORGANS
Source #6

10. Rat Dissection ABDOMINAL CAVITY 1. Liver 2. Stomach 3. Pancreas
Review and Quiz Yourself
Rat Dissection
ABDOMINAL CAVITY
1. Liver
2. Stomach
3. Pancreas
4. Duodenum
5. Small Intestines
6. Cecum
7. Urinary Bladder
Source #2

11. Rat Dissection
UROGENITAL ORGANS
Source #1

12. Rat Dissection
RESPIRATORY ORGANS
Source #1

13. Rat Dissection Trachea Heart Lung Diaphragm THORACIC CAVITY
Review and Quiz Yourself
Rat Dissection
THORACIC CAVITY
Trachea
Heart
Lung
Diaphragm
Source #2

14. Rat Dissection
HEART + LUNGS
Source #5

15. Rat Dissection
HEART
Source #5

16. Rat Dissection
SOURCES
The following web sites were used to obtain various dissection pictures.
(1) 15/biolab15_1.html
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(7) This has an excellent self quiz!
Urogenital Tutorial-

17. Rat Dissection
REMOVING SKIN
Source #7

18. Rat Dissection
ABDOMINAL CAVITY
Source #7

19. FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS
Review and Quiz Yourself
Rat Dissection
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS
Source #2

20. MALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS
Review and Quiz Yourself
Rat Dissection
MALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS
Source #2