I performed an open heart autopsy earlier today.

[Nickelob Ultra]

(full 3 megapixel phone camera pics below)
Left Ventricle.  The "stringy" looking things on the right-ish in the photo is the bicuspid (mitral) valve.  It also has a much thicker muscle mass on this side of the heart, because the left side pumps blood from your lungs all throughout your body.
Right Ventricle.  This side has a smaller muscle mass, because all it does is send blood from your body to the lungs (which will come back through the left ventricle).

It was a preserved sheep's heart.  The heart weighed a nice 448.5 grams.  I also did pretty much all the work, I chose the one guy who would just talk with other people the whole time and probably get a low participation grade because God knows I hate it when other people mess up the lab for me.

We've dissected loads of other things, like a spiny dogfish shark (which I already did in 6th grade), a frog (typical), perch, earthworms, squids, and more.

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[DracoSoul]

Unfortunately, I never really dissected anything in my classes. I've dissected a frog and a cat.

That's pretty cool though, bro.

[Riot]

 I'm okay with everything else, but ironically the earthworm was the worst for some reason.
It had the most putrid smell that took me by complete surprise.

[MegaScientifical]

The most we had was "External Examinations." It was lame as forget, maybe lamer than that.

[Malestrom]

I dissected a frog, and we had to take out all the eggs from its ovaries, find its brain, cut open its heart, slice its jaw, poke out its ear, and cut out all its stomach fat.

FUNFUNFUN

[carolcat]

I dissected a frog, and we had to take out all the eggs from its ovaries, find its brain, cut open its heart, slice its jaw, poke out its ear, and cut out all its stomach fat.

FUNFUNFUN

Sounds like fun.

[Decepticon]

I dissected a frog, and we had to take out all the eggs from its ovaries, find its brain, cut open its heart, slice its jaw, poke out its ear, and cut out all its stomach fat.

FUNFUNFUN

I never got to dissect a frog, but im hoping too.

[Deathwish]

If you ever get to dissect a frog, you could get a pat on the back for isolating all it's nerves, if you did a good enough job, they might preserve it.

[Coolio]

frog, but im hoping too.

hurr

[Monocle]

We found pressure points on the frog and got it to twitch. :3

[TomTheGeek²]

I've only dissected a clam, squid, crayfish, and a cow femur.

That's pretty cool.

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[Stocking]

The "I don't care" rule is a drama-specific rule.

[|Shadow]

The "I don't care" rule is a drama-specific rule.

[tails]

Little sheeeppyyy D: