Day 2 Journal- Let's See What's Inside

On Tuesday March 25th, we removed the cat and its accompanied juices from the bag. Beril held the legs wide open, while Deborah cu the abdominal and thoracic cavities open. At this stage, we were able to see half of the digestive system, the liver and small intestines, and some of the accessory organs. We then discovered that the stomach and large intestines are hidden behind the liver and small intestines.

Questions:
1. Why didn't we see any bones?

Interesting Facts:
1.The small intestines is on top of, rather than above, the large intestines. 

2.The gallbladder is located within the liver, not next to it. 

Reactions:
1. Beril was surprised about how many layers we had to cut through in order to view all of the internal organs.

2. Deborah's hand began to feel sore from cutting the car because it was difficult at first to remove all of the layers from on top of the organs. 

Difficulties:
1. It was difficult to cut the cat without having one of us holding the legs open, because the cat would not lie flat on its back by itself. 

Our view of the inside of the thoracic and abdominal
cavities after cutting them open.

Red- stomach
Orange-liver
Yellow- gallbladder (in the middle of the liver)
Green- small intestine
Blue- large Intestine (below small intestine)
Purple- rectum (below intestines)