On the fourth day of our dissection, we looked into the reproductive system of our pig. Our finds were intriguing, and we were able to determine without a doubt that we were dealing with a female. The excretory system, which encourages the removal of digestive wastes and excess water was also examined on this day.
In this photo, the bladder is being displayed. The bladder functions in storage of urine, which is actually produced in the kidneys (Pictured further down). It runs beside the rectum, the dark hole located below it in the photograph.
This shows the bladder from a different angle, looking straight down into it. From this perspective, you can see the opening that runs through the bladder and out the pig's body, named the urethra.
Pictured here are the kidneys, the producers of urine. There's a left one and right one, and they have a distinct shape. They're small in comparison to other organs, but were larger than I expected. Running in between them is the rectum, completely in tact before we snipped it out.
Pictured here is the pig's vagina, located below the rectum (but in this picture, above, because it's photographed upside down). The vagina is the reproductive organ of the pig, while the rectum is the last step in digestion, and functions in the elimination of waste.
The small like-like folds that my finger are holding in place are the ovaries of the pig. These are reproductive glands that house eggs and encourage pregnancy in the pigs. They lie just behind the bladder and were small and extremely difficult to spot.
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