This document provides instructions for a dissection lab of the heart. It lists the required materials which include a heart, dowels, blade, tweezers, tray, and gloves. The method instructs students to orient and cut the heart to identify the four chambers and major blood vessels. A diagram labels the internal structures of the heart including the ventricles, septum, arteries, and veins. A worksheet matches terms like the aorta, vena cava, and valves to their descriptions. Links are provided for additional information on heart dissection procedures.
3. MATERIALS
One heart
A dowels
Blade
Tweezers
Tray
Pair of gloves
METHOD
Orientation of ventricles,
veins and arteries
Make a cut
Look for the four rooms of
the heart
Check the pieces of the
heart
13. Column A COLUMN B B
A. Aorta 1. Prevents blood backflow from left ventricle to left atrium
B. Aortic Semilunar Valve 2. Transports blood to LEFT lung
C. Bicuspid (mitral) Valve 3. Returns venous blood from coronary system to right atrium
D. Chordae Tendineae 4. Major artery leading from left ventricle
E. Inferior Vena Cava 5. Major vein leading into lower right atrium
F. Left Atrium 6. Major vein leading into upper right atrium
G. Left Pulmonary Artery 7. Prevents blood backflow from aorta to left ventricle
H. Left Ventricle 8. Pumps blood to pulmonary artery
I. Myocardium 9. Major artery leading from right ventricle
J. Coronary Arteries 10. Pumps blood to left ventricle
K. Coronary Sinus 11. Major veins leading into left atrium
L. Papillary Muscles 12. Prevents blood backflow from right ventricle to right atrium
M. Pulmonary Artery (trunk) 13. Attach cuspid valve cusps to papillary muscles
N. Pulmonic Semilunar Valve 14. Pumps blood to right ventricle
O. Pulmonary Veins 15. Transport blood from aorta to cardiac muscles
P. Right Atrium 16. Anchor sites for the chordae tendineae
Q. Right Ventricle 17. Pumps blood to aorta
R. Superior Vena Cava 18. Myocardium that separates the two ventricles
S. Tricuspid Valve 19. Prevents blood backflow from pulmonary artery to right ventricle.
PRACTICAL 1 : HEART DISSECTION
WORKSHEET (MEMORANDUM)
1) Match the terms in Column A with the descriptions in Column B. Place the letter of your choice in the space provided. Use your textb