ANAT2341 Lab 3

From Embryology

Please note the different location for this week’s practical class: Wallace Wurth Teaching Lab 120.


PRACTICAL CLASS PROGRAM:

  • Weekly Quiz + revision (15 minutes)
  • Practical class activities (90 minutes)
  • Practical Class Revision (15 minutes)

PRACTICAL CLASS ACTIVITIES

  1. Fertile egg dissections
  2. Whole body regeneration in planarians
  3. (There will be back up activities available if required)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

  • Understand the process of gastrulation, and being able to identify the defining structures in the chicken embryo.
  • Understand early neurulation, mesoderm and heart development, and being able to identify the defining structures in the chicken embryo.
  • Understand the regeneration process of planarians following amputation and being able to identify blastema formation, antero-posterior (A/P) and dorsal-ventral (D/V) axes conservation, eye regrowth, re-pigmentation of the regenerated tissues, and worm behavior.

PRACTICAL CLASS NOTES: The practical class notes are available on Moodle