Rat Dissection
Organs and Functions
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Organ Diagram
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Comparing humans and rats
"Surprisingly, humans and rats are actually more alike than they are different. For one thing, we’re both mammals and give birth to living young. We’re both warm blooded, and rats eat everything we do… and live where we live.
More importantly, rats and humans often suffer from the same diseases. That’s because humans and rats have the same basic physiology, similar organs, and similar body plans. We both control our body chemistry using similar hormones, we both have nervous systems that work in the same way, and we both react similarly to infection and injury. There’s absolutely no doubt that research on rats and other species has done a lot to advance modern medicine." Excerpt taken from "A Moment of Science" (Indiana University)
More importantly, rats and humans often suffer from the same diseases. That’s because humans and rats have the same basic physiology, similar organs, and similar body plans. We both control our body chemistry using similar hormones, we both have nervous systems that work in the same way, and we both react similarly to infection and injury. There’s absolutely no doubt that research on rats and other species has done a lot to advance modern medicine." Excerpt taken from "A Moment of Science" (Indiana University)