Dissection
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Dissection is the dismembering of the body of a deceased animal or plant to study its anatomical structure. Autopsy is used in pathology and forensic medicine to determine the cause of death in humans
Dissection of a pregnant rat in a biology class
Ginkgo seed in dissection, showing embryo and gametophyte
Dissection tools. Left to right: scalpels with No. 20 and No. 12 blades, two forceps and scissors
Galen (129 – c. 200 AD), Opera omnia, dissection of a pig. Engraving made in Venice, 1565
Vivisection
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Vivisection is surgery conducted for experimental purposes on a living organism, typically animals with a central nervous system, to view living internal structure. The word is, more broadly, used as
Dissection
…1788 Doctors' riot in New York City Vivisection Forensics…
An anesthetized pig used for training a surgeon
Pro-vivisection cartoon in 1911
Prior to vivisection for educational purposes, chloroform was administered as an anesthetic to this common sand frog.
Wistar rat