Chicken Wing Anatomy Lab - 10/20/11

      In class today, we dissected a chicken wing. The purpose of this lab was to show us the similarities and differences in chicken muscles and human muscles, and also to show us how the muscles work. I learned that we have muscles called the flexor and extensor. While one of these muscles relaxes, the other one contracts, helping the wing or arm move. The first thing we did was cut through the peachy white skin of the chicken wing, which is an epithelial tissue. Next, we got to the white fat, a connective tissue. Other examples of connective tissues are ligaments and cartilage. After that, we struck the muscle, which was baby pink and obviously muscle tissue. That was where we found the flexor and extensor. If you go even deeper, there is bones. Also, a nerve is like a long piece of thread and it is usually a dark color. The similarities between our muscles and the chickens' is that the work the same way. The difference is that our arms are greater in proportion to chicken wings. That is how the muscles are the same and different, as well as the parts of a chicken wing.