3.2.6 Practical: Mammalian Heart Dissection

Question 1

Ethical Concerns

Answer 1

• How animals are raised and killed
• Goes against religious beliefs

Question 2

Other General Things about this practical that I might need to know

Answer 2

Scissors, scalpel, forceps, dissection board, paper towels, biological specimen and pins
Lab coat, gloves and goggles (avoids contamination with biological material (could cause allergic reaction))
Cut away from body with scalpel
Scalpel allows for precise cutting

Question 3

Limitations

Answer 3

Can be hard to see smaller finer structures in organs
Specimens do not reflect how tissues would look in a living organism
Anomalies if 1 specimen dissected