Chicken Wing Dissection

The skin of the chicken is textured on which side?

• Anterior side of the wing

• 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

• Subcutaneous

• Endodermis

Muscles look like...

• smooth, flexible calcified tissue

• bundles of twizzlers

• 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 _______.

The forceps are on what tissue of the wing?

What was the first incision made on the chicken wing based on the lab manual?

• Examine the wing and compare it with the figure.

• Use the scissors to make a transverse cut inferiorly from upper to lower wing.

• Use the scalpel to make a sagittal cut between the lower wing and wingtip.

• Identify the upper wing, lower wing, and the wingtip.

• Use the scalpel and cut down the sides of the skin to make a T-shaped cut.

Match the following tissue types with their anatomical description.

• shiny white covering of the

  joint surfaces

• Muscle

• a point where two or more bones come together

• Tendon

• shiny white tissues at the ends of the muscles

• Joint

• yellowish tissue clumped together beneath the skin

• Ligament

• bundles of pale pink tissue

• Fat