Muscle dissection
In this activity, students compare red and white muscle flesh and relate this to muscle function and look at muscle by dissecting a chicken thigh and leg.
Types of muscle tissue
Muscle tissues differ in structure. Skeletal muscle fibres are packed into regular parallel bundles. Smooth muscle has bundles of thin and thick filaments. Cardiac muscle bundles are branched but connected.
By the end of this activity, students should be able to:
discuss the colour of muscle and how it is related to muscle function
locate and describe the various tissues and structures of the leg and thigh of a chicken
use some of the specialised vocabulary related to anatomy
discuss some of the similarities between the chicken leg and thigh and the human leg.
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introduction/background notes
what you need
what to do
student handout.
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