Chicken Wing Dissection

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

g

f

e

d

Blood

Skin

Bone Marrow

Fat

Muscle

Cartilage

Tendon

Bone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Match the following body parts with their images

• Skin

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• Muscle

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• Cartilage

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• Bone

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• Tendon

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

• Stiff with a strong and hard outer shell

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• Hard, but still flexible. Found in joint

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• Strong silver colored band

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• Red and squishy, gathered into bundles

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• Thin and Flexible outer layer

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

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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

Ulna

Wrist Joint

Elbow Joint

Humerus

Radius

Shoulder Joint

The stuff on the end of the chicken wing that stops bones from rubbing together.

• Tendon

• Ligament

• Femur

• Cartilage

Connects bones to other bones at a joint.

• Tendon

• Ligament

• Cartilage

These contract and pull on the bones.

• Tendons

• Ligaments

• Marrow

• Muscles

This is inside the bones and is where new red blood cells are made.

• Cartilage

• Marrow

• Periostium