Chicken Wing
Dissection
Step 1:
Use scissors to cut the skin as shown .
Try not to cut through the muscles located
beneath the skin
Procedure Step 2
Remove as much skin from the thickest
part of the wing as possible, exposing
the underlying muscle
Observe the muscle. The muscles are
bundles of pale pink tissue that
surround the bone.
Procedure
Step 3
– Find the two groups of muscles in the
upper arm. (you know these names!!
)
– Hold the arm down at the shoulder,
and alternately pull on each muscle
group.
– Observe what happens.
Procedure 4
•Note any yellow tissue found
in small clumps on the inside
of the skin. This is a type of
connective tissue called fat.
Procedure step 6
• Remove any remaining skin from the
elbow joint.
• Locate a tendon. Tendons are shiny
white tissues at the ends of the
muscles that attach muscles to
bones.
Procedure step 7
• Locate a ligament. Ligaments are
shiny white tissue at the ends of
bone.
Procedure step 8
• Locate cartilage. Cartilage is the
slippery shiny white tissue at the
ends of bone.
Procedure step 9
• Once you have identified the
following parts: skin, muscle,
tendon, ligament, cartilage and
bone, call your instructor over and
show us an example of each.
Procedure step 9
Clean UP!!! – Wait
for your group to be
called!
• Throw away all chicken wing parts into
the designated garbage can.
• Put dissection tools into beaker of
soapy water in the back. Stack tray on
the counter next to the sink.
Wash your hands thoroughly with
soap and water.
Questions:
What function is performed by
ligaments?_________________________________________
What is the function of a tendon?
________________________________________________
1. .
2
What tissue is referred to when one speaks of the “meat” of the chicken?
3. . What bone in the wing is connected to the chicken’s body at the shoulder?
____________________
4.
Name the two bones found in the forearm of the wing. ________________
_____________________
5.
What type of joint connects the wing to the body?
_______________________________________
6.
What type of joint moves the wing at the elbow?
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