Description
Sheep Heart Dissection is a must-do lab for Anatomy and Physiology! Students will be able to see and touch the structures of the sheep heart which helps them to better understand the structures and functions of the human heart. Your A&P students will love this!
This resource includes 9 files:
- READ THIS FIRST includes a product overview, link to dissection video on YouTube, contact information, terms of use, and image and font credits.
- Student Lab Handout
- Teacher’s Guide and Answer Key
- Slideshow of pictures from the lab
- Lab Practical Folder with 5 files
The Lab Practical Folder includes:
- Teacher’s Guide
- Lab Practical Station Cards
- Student Answer Sheet
- Answer Key
- Digital Sheep Heart Lab Practical – This no-mess option can be used in the classroom using PowerPoint or you can upload it to Google Classroom for distance learning or make-up test for absent students.
The complete dissection video is hosted on YouTube. It’s about 17 minutes long and covers all the major structures. It’s perfect for…
- teachers who have never performed this dissection before
- distance learning
- students who are absent on the day of the lab
- students who morally object to dissection
Structures identified in the video:
- apex
- base
- auricles, right and left
- coronary arteries
- myocardium
- epicardium
- left ventricle
- right ventricle
- right atrium
- left atrium
- tricuspid valve
- bicuspid or mitral valve
- chordae tendineae
- papillary muscles
- pulmonary trunk
- pulmonary arteries, right and left
- aorta
- superior vena cava
- inferior vena cava
- pulmonary veins, right and left
- interventricular septum
- aortic semilunar valve
- pulmonary semilunar valve
You might also like:
Sheep Eye Dissection Lab
Sheep Brain Dissection Lab
Sheep Kidney Dissection Lab
Happy Teaching!
Carla Brooks
Science Island
