Chicken Wing Dissection

The skin of the chicken is textured on which side?

• Intermediate to the wing tip and anterior winglet

• Medial side of the wing tip

• Posterior side of the wing

• The anatomical side of the wing

The upper arm is formed by one long bone, the ______________________.

• humerus

• femur

• radius

• ulna

________________ attach muscle to bone and allow for movement when muscles contract.

• ligaments

• skeletal muscle

• protein fibers

• tendons

When you make your first 2 cuts, you should....

• slip scissors just underneath the skin to avoid damaging muscle tissue underneath.

• cut as deep as possible so that you can see everything.

• cut quickly without much attention.

• cut the wingtip off.

What is the superficial layer of the chicken skin called?

• Dermis

• Hypodermis

• Epidermis

• Endodermis

Muscles look like...

• smooth, flexible calcified tissue

• flattened stratified squamous cells

• bundles of pale pink tissue

• Thick, dense shiny white tissue

The place where bones come together is considered to be a (a)   .

• joint
• muscle
• tendon
• ligament

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Match the following tissue types with their anatomical description.

• yellowish tissue clumped together beneath the skin

• Fat

• shiny white tissues at the ends of the muscles

• Joint

• bundles of pale pink tissue

• Muscle

• shiny white covering of the

  joint surfaces

• Tendon

• a point where two or more bones come together

• Ligament

Name the tissue type indicated by the black leader line (across the probe): (a)  

• Tendon
• Muscle
• Bone
• Cartilage