To be able to locate and identify the internal and external organs, and to be able to understand the dissection process and what materials should be used.
MATERIALS
Preserved Starfish
Dissection Pan
Scalpel
Scissors
Probes
Method Used
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EXTERNAL ANATOMY
Aboral Surface
Arms
Central Disc
Sieve Plate
Tube Feet
Skin Gills (Dermal Branchiae)
Pedicellariae
Ambulacral Groove
Ambulacral Spines
Mouth
Oral Surface
Water Vascular System
INTERNAL ANATOMY
Intestine
Digestive Glands
Gonads
Cardiac Stomach
Rectal Pouches
Pyloric Stomach
Stone Canal
Ampulla
Radial Canal
Sieve Plate
Ring Canal
Please look through these interesting guidelines to help you learn more on how to disect a starfish. If you have any questions or would like some more information please e-mail Jourdan Turner or Jerrick Warren, please do this at the comment area.
Aboral
Surface
Oral
Surface
Cutting
off the tip
What it
looks like
Removal
of Skin
Internal
Anatomy
Removal
of Skin from the Central Disc
Remove
the Gonads
Observe
Additional Internal Organs
