page_title: Fetal pig
section_title: Development
hierarchical_section_title: Fetal pig / Development
caption_attribution_description: English: Dissected fetal pig, showing the thoracic cavity, including the rib cage, the heart in the pericardium, the lungs, the diaphragm, part of the liver, and all those organs under the neck.
context_page_description: Fetal pigs are unborn pigs used in elementary as well as advanced biology classes as objects for dissection. Pigs, as a mammalian species, provide a good specimen for the study of physiological systems and processes due to the similarities between many pig and human organs.
context_section_description: The size of the fetal pig depends on the time allowed for the mother to gestate:
caption: Fetal pig being dissected, showing the thoracic cavity, including the rib cage, the heart in the pericardium, the lungs, the diaphragm, part of the liver, and all the organs under the neck
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