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Animal Cells and Tissues Station Lab
At each station: Read the station material. Look carefully at the slides at each station. Draw and label the slide
as indicated at each station. Drawings must be detailed and accurate in order to receive credit.
Station 1: Animal Tissues + Nervous Tissue
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Nerve Tissue:
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the direction an electrical impulse travels across a neuron.
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Station 2: Voluntary, Involuntary, and Cardiac Muscle
Voluntary (Skeletal) Muscle Cells:
Draw the skeletal muscle cell from the slide. Circle a single cell; label a striation, and a nucleus.
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13. Where in your body are smooth muscle tissues found?
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15. Is cardiac muscle striated or non-striated?
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Station 3: Adipose (Fat) Tissue and Bone
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Skin (Scalp and Hair Follicles):
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Station 4: Blood and Bone
Blood:
Draw the slide sample. Label a red blood cell, a white blood cell, and a
platelet.
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26. What is the major function of white blood cells?
27. What do pbtelets do for us?
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Draw a sample of bone tissue. Label an osteocyte, Haversian canal, and a blood vessel.
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31. Compare and contrast the skeleton of insects (arthropods) to the
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Station S: Small Intestines (Digestive Tract) + Stomach lining:
Stomach
Draw the samples of each slide. Label villi and chief cells (stomach).
32. List at least 2 digestive fluids found in the stomach.
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34. The stomach, intestines, diaphragm, and esophagus are all composed of
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35. What is the advantage of having villi in the stomach?