Chicken Dissection Check-In

During the lab activity we were gathering observations on 3 different traits.

We wanted know what different parts looked like and were shaped like - ​ (a)  

We wanted to know how different parts acted or behaved - ​​ (b)  

And we wanted to know what parts were touching, stuck to, or bound together - ​ (c)  

• Form
• Structure
• Function
• Use
• Connection
• Link

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Label some of the major tissues we saw in the chicken wing during class.

g

f

e

d

Tendon

Blood

Cartilage

Fat

Bone Marrow

Bone

Skin

Muscle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Match the following body parts with their images

• Cartilage

• 
• Tendon

• 
• Bone

• 
• Skin

• 
• Muscle

• 

Match the descriptions of the following body parts with their images.

• Hard, but still flexible. Found in joint

• 
• Strong silver colored band

• 
• Red and squishy, gathered into bundles

• 
• Stiff with a strong and hard outer shell

• 
• Thin and Flexible outer layer

• 

Organize the following body parts from the surface of the body to the deepest layer.

• 
• 
• 
• 

Muscles are only able to pull tight ​ [ (a)   ] and release. This means they have to work in pairs. When we pulled on the top chicken wing muscles it moved the arm ​ (b)   . When we pulled on the bottom chicken wing muscles it moved the arm ​​ (c)   .

• contract
• inward
• out

After your dissection you researched the names of some of the chicken arm bones.

Use your diagram to label them.

b

c

f

e

d

a

Humerus

Ulna

Radius

Shoulder Joint

Wrist Joint

Elbow Joint

Put the words in order to complete the sentence:

When you want to move, your ​ (a)   sends a signal to your ​ (b)   . They then squeeze tight, and yank on the ​ (c)   which is connected to the ​ (d)   and swings it in the ​ (e)   to create movement.

• brain
• muscles
• tendon
• bone
• joint