Pigs heart

Today in Science, Our class dissected a pigs heart.  The equipment we used was Scissors, Scalpel and Tweezers, My group only really used the Scalpel. We looked at the different parts of the heart and where they were. The parts we looked at was the Ventricle, Atrium, Valves, Left & Right side of heart, Arteries and Veins. First thing we had to do was cut open the hart on the left side and analyse it. You could feel how the valve was thicker on the left side then it was on the right, this is because the left side is the side pumping the oxygen around the body that is why  it feels like our heart is on the left or then the right. After we looked at the left side we opened the right. We opened the heart using a scalpel we had to be very careful because it was very sharp.   

We have been learning about the parts of the heart and how they function in the body and in general. 

We dissected a heart to see where the parts are in the heart, which part is which and, study how they work and help our body. 

The parts saw was the left + right side of the heart, Aorta, Heart strings, Valves, Atrium and Ventricles. 

I enjoyed dissecting a pigs heart because it was interesting to see what the parts actually look like and where the parts were.