External anatomy the shark has a graceful and streamlined body shape built for fast, long distance swimming. Sharks belong to the class elasmobranchiomorphii chondrichyes of the subphylum vertebrata. Attack of the sharkheaded zombie by bill doyle scholastic. All members of the lab group should touch the shark. Step 2 draw and label your shark side view of your shark 3. There is a printable worksheet available for download here so you can take the quiz with pen and paper. Dissecting a human head through anatomical illustrations. How the dissection of a sharks head revealed the true nature. This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. How the dissection of a sharks head revealed the true. The body is divided into the head, trunk, and tail. This is great white and bull shark dissection by tami tacklind on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Doing the actual shark dissection on day 2 builds excitement. Scientific illustration is a blog devoted to showcasing medical drawings from around the world.
Actively read the article and describe to yourself and one other person any aspects of the article that intersect with this labs objectives. Information about sharks and their anatomy secrets shark sider. Steno found that the sharks upper and lower jaws each held rows of teeth, and the teeth resembled glossopetrae, or tongue stones. The bohensky dissection series has been used successfully by more than 300,000 biology students nationwide. The trunk from the pectoral fins to the pelvic fins. When you visit our website, we store cookies on your browser to collect information related to you, your preferences or your device. Make a midventral incision from the cloaca cranially to just below the jaw. Frog and shark dissection donorschoose project by mrs. You will now have a flap of the shark s skin which you can pull up to expose the internal organs. In this way the water pressure of the sharks body fluids are maintained as high as that of sea water. Dissection of the spiny dogfish shark squalus acanthias. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. They have a cartilagenous skeleton, biting jaws and paired appendages.
Anatomy and physiology dogfish distribution external anatomy of the dogfish shark along the sides of the body is a. The whole cavity here is the coelomic cavity, which is divided into the pericardial cavity, for the heart. In october 1666, a large shark was captured by a french fishing boat in the sea of livorno modern italy, at the time part of the reign of tuscany. Around a sharks head is an entire sensory network called the ampullae of lorenzini, a very unique part of the shark anatomy. Youll see how to dissect a small shark and necturus a mudpuppy, which is a salamander, with a focus on basic musculature. Prepare a place for your shark by making a shark nest. You will now have a flap of the sharks skin which you can pull up to expose the internal organs. Dissecting a dogfish shark allows students to develop their dissection and observation skills, identify major external and internal features of the shark, understand form and function, and gain a better understanding of vertebrate and fish anatomy.
Bookshark offers students an engaging literaturebased learning approach that utilizes excellent books, captivating stories, historical biographies, and handson science experiments. To examine the nervous system of the common squalus acanthias dogfish shark and remove the jaws. After keats and henry lose their bikes, they need money fast. In an appendix to an anatomical work, written for ferdinand medici ii, grand duke of tuscany, steno recounted his dissection of the head of a shark that recently. Initial dissection you will be making a very long incision, on the belly of the shark, to expose both cavities of the shark. The skin run your hand over the body of the shark from head to tail and feel its smooth texture. The skin of the shark is like slicing through sand paper. Then, cut across the shark from the pelvic fin and the pectoral fin. Anatomy of the shark textbook and dissection guide by lionel rosenzweig author isbn. The specimen in the photographs was prepared by removing the skin from the dorsal surface of the head and shaving off thin horizontal chips of. Dissection of the spiny dogfish shark squalus acanthias biology 110 penn state new kensington d. The book shark in search of the best books of the year. The first installment, the shark, is centered around riley tatum, a virginia state trooper, who has worked exceedingly hard to get her life back on track after running away from home as a teenager and getting herself into a nightmarish situation she was lucky.
The shark has two darkcolored kidneys on either side of the midline. You learn all you need to know from the outer anatomy of these animals muscles. Cut around the head, around each fin, the spiracles and cloaca. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite reads in more than a dozen categories. Bookshark is literaturebased homeschool curriculum bookshark. Describe the texture of the sharks skin when you run your hand in both directions. Examine the skin of the shark by running your fingers over it lightly, from the posterior to the anterior end. Shark dissection introduction in this lab we will dissect the dogfish squalus acanthias. This particular shark had two distinct heads on a single body. I purchased the hardback version of this book in 1975, and, i consider it to be one of my prized possessions. Impeachment trial of president donald trump day 11 abc news live coverage abc news 11,324 watching live now.
The shark is lowered down onto the dissection table and the first cut is made. A minimum of 15 people required for a shark dissection show to take place, please contact the office to confirm bookings show days and times. For a summary activity, find an article in a recent edition of a magazine that deals with sharks. The tail caudal from the pelvic fins to the end of the caudal fin. Separate from atlas and dissection guide for comparative anatomy 5e saul wischnitzer macmillan, 1995 science 16 pages. The show is followed by a shark dissection where you can see the internal anatomy of one of the oceans most feared predators. Mar 26, 20 this particular shark had two distinct heads on a single body. We use your linkedin profile and activity data to personalize ads and to show you more relevant ads. This experiment was done over a three hour class period and included the dissection of the external and internal anatomy of a dogfish shark.
The shark kidney extracts urea from urine and returns the urea to the blood. Please see the whats included tab on the package page. A third lobe much shorter lobe contains the green gall bladder along its right edge. It also gives students a chance to get familiar with the specimen. Nervous anatomy of the dogfish shark examine the top view photographs of the spiny dogfish shark with its cranial cavity exposed by clicking the blue lettered links in the column to the right. Richard ellis is a genius in depicting the shark, and, its surrounding environment. Shark dissection prelab instructions using the dogfish ppt, answer the following questions and label the accompanying diagrams. Steno published his description of shark teeth shortly after dissecting a shark head. When they acquired the head of a great white shark in october 1666, they delivered it to steno for dissection. Circulatory system a sharks heart is a twochambered sshaped tube, small in proportion to body size located in the head region. Sillman adapted from laboratory studies in integrated zoology by hickman and hickman classification phylum chordata, subphylum vertebrata, class chondrichthyes cartilagenous fishes.
Shark dissection worksheet mrs dixons marine science. Part i dogfish shark dissection for educational use. In the past, weve featured many human anatomy posts, from anatomical popup books to intricate paper models, but theres an unfathomable beauty to the human head and its inner workings that warrants its own gallery. The head cranial from the pointed snoutlike rostrum to the pectoral fins. Galen practiced dissection on animals principally barberia monkeys and wrote treaty of anatomy. Part ii dogfish shark dissection for educational use.
Their skin is tough and leathery, covered with placoid scales. How the dissection of a sharks head revealed the true nature of. So the helpwanted ad at the supermarket seems ideal for them. Each ampulla is composed of a cluster of sensory cells that ultimately enables sharks to detect prey that may be hiding in the sand, and even possibly notice changes in the waters temperature, pressure, salinity.
Place your shark ventral side up on the dissection tray. Spiny dogfish are ideal for dissection experiments because of their size and abundance. Digestive anatomy of the dogfish shark a smooth, shiny membrane called peritoneum can be seen lining the inside of the body wall. Jul 24, 2015 large animal dissection melissa kellett. The shark has a graceful and streamlined body shape built for fast, long distance swimming. Flatten a large plastic bag on your work area and then place several sheets of newspaper on top of the bag to absorb any fluid from the shark or the container. The shark by mary burton i believe romantic suspense lovers are going to be thrilled with mary burtons new series, the forgotten files.
If you have an interest in nature, or, in sharks, try this book. The books do this through the use of clearly marked photographs and illustrations. Label the following on figure 11 anterior dorsal fin caudal fin pelvic fin posterior dorsal fin pectoral fin. Sharkdissectionguide shark dissection instructions. Despite multiple mistakes in its descriptions, especially those referring to the anatomy of organs, his work was transmitted and taught for more than 14 centuries until the middle ages. This information is mostly used to make the site work as you. The skin run your hand over the body of the shark from head to. The blood is pumped by the heart through the afferent branchial arteries to capillaries in the gills, where the blood is oxygenated. Anatomy and physiology dogfish distribution external anatomy of the dogfish shark along the sides of the body is a lightcolored horizontal stripe called the lateral line.
Though they hesitate initially, students find dissection to be one of the most exciting and interesting topics of study we do all year. Shark dissection classes 8th12th grades only a unique and unforgettable chance to learn about sharks, not just from books and videos, but handson and. Dissecting a dogfish shark allows students to develop their dissection and observation skills, identify major external and internal features of the. All they have to do is weed hallway houses garden, find some lightbulbs in the attic, sweep the garage. Anatomy of the shark textbook and dissection guide. Because of its ready availability and primitive chordate structure, it is often the only fish a student will dissect in a comparative anatomy course. Includes a 22 to 27 doubleinjected arteries, red latex. Students may need reminders about acting like scientists and not saying eww. In this way the water pressure of the shark s body fluids are maintained as high as that of sea water. No one is forced to witness a dissection, but almost all, if not all, students are curious and want to participate. An illustrated guide to the dissection of the shark introduction sharks used in dissection classes are usually the dogfish.
The liver largest organ 3 lobes two main lobes, the right and left lobes, extend from the length of the cavity. Dogfish shark squalus genus section of newspaper, probe, scalpel, surgical scissors and tweezers. My students need 16 frog specimens and 18 dogfish specimens in order to complete two different dissection labs. This video tutorial will teach you the science of dissection. Sharkdissectionguide shark dissection instructions part 1.