Name: ________________________________
Heart Dissection
1. Identify key structures of a heart
2. Describe what tissues make up the heart
3. Explain how the heart is adapted for its function
Challenge 1: Identify the external structure
1. Left Ventricle
2. Right Ventricle
4. Right Atrium
5. Left Atrium
6. Pulmonary Artery
7. Pulmonary Vein
8. Aorta
9. Vena Cava
Challenge 2: Investigate blood flow
Put in water in one vessel.....where does it come
out?!
I found out that…
Challenge 3: Start cutting....careful
The incision is across the ventricles,
cutting the heart horizontally.
Can you see: (tick boxes)
Coronary arteries
Heart strings
Valves
Septum
Challenge 4: Investigation Ventricles!
Find out the width of the ventricular walls.... Are
they the same?
– Measure lots of different points and find an
average to make it reliable
Width of wall (mm)
Left
ventricle
Right
Ventricle
Average
Challenge 5: How many tissues?
How many different tissues can you find inside
the heart? Separate out the different tissue types
and label them on a A3 piece of paper
The different tissues types I found were: