Chicken Wing Dissection

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

Wrist Joint

Radius

Humerus

Elbow Joint

Ulna

Shoulder Joint

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

g

f

e

d

Bone

Muscle

Skin

Fat

Tendon

Bone Marrow

Cartilage

Blood

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

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

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

• Tendon

• Ligament

• Femur

• Cartilage

What bones are fused in the chicken wing but not in our arm?

• radius & ulna

• phalanges

• humerus & scapula

• tibia & fibula

What is a chicken wing analogous to in a human?

• arm

• leg

• it is it's own structure and not analogous to any human limb

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

These contract and pull on the bones.

• Tendons

• Ligaments

• Marrow

• Muscles

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 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.

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