I thought that the Dissection was very interesting and it helped to actually see a real heart and know where the blood travels. Something that was different in the heart from what i expected was that the heartstrings looked pale white like a stereotypical bone and how stiff they were. The most interesting part of the dissection was when we looked into the left ventricle and I saw how big it was. The most difficult part was finding the pulmonary veins because there were so many openings on the base of the heart. It would be very difficult and risky because they are still living and blood is still flowing through the heart and I wouldn’t want to do this because it might be too much pressure trying to help someone knowing that their life is in your hands. I learned that after a heart stops pumping, a being dies, blood clots are formed in the heart. I think that the dissection was really cool and my suggestion for future classes is to bring clothespins just in case people have big problems with the smell. Everything that I wanted to learn about was covered.
I thought you did a great job with the dissection, Aarav. I know the smell can be difficult but the you usually get use to it. If you get the opportunity to do another dissection, you may want to try spraying a sent on your face mask. The blood clots that were in the pig hearts most likely were formed when the pig was slaughtered and therefore, the blood stopped flowing and subsequently, clotted. Most of the clots get washed out when the hearts are cleaned but sometimes as you saw, some still remain. I will cover the formation of clots in humans with the whole class to make it more clear. They most often occur in the tiny coronary arteries and not in the large blood vessels as we saw with the pig hearts. Thanks for your active participation and comments!