Rat Dissection Information

Dorsal: backside
Ventral:belly side
Medial: closer to the midline
Lateral: farther from the midline
Proximal: closer to the trunk or attachment site
Distal:farther from the trunk or attachment site
Cranial:Nearer to the neck
Caudal:nearer to the tail
Cervical:neck region
Thoracic:chest region
Abdominal: front region of body trunk
Gluteal:pertaining to buttocks
Femoral: pertaining to the thighs
Pleura:surrounding the lungs
Pericardium:surrounds the heart
Peritoneum: surrounds the abdominal organs
Temporal:above the Masseter
Masseter: below the Temporal
cervicoauricularis:above the cervical trapezius
Cervical Traperius: below the cervicoauricularis
Spinodeltoid:Next to triceps below thoracic trapezius
Teres major: in the middle of spinodeltoid and latissiumus obrsi
thoracic trapezius: very top of spinodeltoid, teres major, and latissiumus dorsi
Serratus ventrails:triangles very hard to find
Triceps: Near Spinodeltoid
External oblique:The middle part after triceps
Gluteus superficialis: after external oblique
Biceps femoris:near gluteus superficialis
Trachea: Straw looking
Thymus: top of heart
Lungs:Right and Left
Auricle: blue left side from my view of the heart
Ventricle: Venus System
Ribs: on the internal skin
Esophagus: Surrounds the trachea
Diaphragm: What I accidently count off
Liver: the most blue thing
Pancreas: it looks like a net
Spleen: looks like a liver
stomach: find pyloric sphincter
Small intestine: duodenum, jejunum, and ilium
Mesentery:surrounds the small intestine
Duodenum:start of small intestine
Jejunum: middle of small intestine
Ilium:end of small intestine connects to cecum
Large intestine: thicker then small intestine
Arterial System: Pulmonary and diaphragm
venous System: contains right superior vena cava
Aorta: behind the thymus
Possterior vena cava: After the diagram vena cava
superior vena cava: Top Vena cava
Jugular vein: Near neck blue
Carotid artery: near neck red
Femoral artery: near back legs thigh Red
Pulmonary artery: right top
Urinary bladder: surrounded by two prostate glands
Ureter kidney
Adrenal gland: on top of kidney
Urethra: inside penis
Uterine horns: Females two
Ovaries: on uterine horn
Oviduct: Oviducts ends of uterine horns
Vagina: hard to find
Testes: Below epidiymis
Epididymis: on top of testes
Prostate glands: surrounds bladder
Sperm duct: line that connects to epididymis
Penis: outer layer of scrotum
Preputial glands: Surrounds penis
Seminal vesicles: looks like bunny ears
Scrotum: Protects testes