What you will learn today . . .
• Muscles contain nerves, connective tissue,
and blood vessels in addition to muscle
tissue
• Muscles work in pairs that have opposite
functions
• Examples of Antagonistic Muscle Actions
Chicken Wing Dissection
What you will do today…
• Examine a chicken wing to observe its
muscle structure and antagonistic
properties
Muscles of the wing are
antagonistic!
Procedures
• Skin the chicken wing according to the
directions in the packet
• Draw and label the bones AND
antagonistic muscles of the wing
• Answer highlighted questions from packet
References
• talktalk.co.uk
• flickr.com