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Muscular Tissue and Nervous Tissue Lab

Pre-Lab
1. What does muscular tissue do for the body?
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2. What is the purpose of nervous tissue?
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3. Name the three types of muscular tissue.
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Lab
It is your responsibility to draw your tissues carefully. This is a lab grade and the drawings will be
graded for neatness and accuracy. You will use these drawings (and links on my website) to study
for the lab practical portion of your test.
Procedure:
1. Go to your assigned station in the lab.
2. Use your time wisely. You will see a tissue sample under the microscope. DRAW
EXACTLY WHAT YOU SEE. There should be NO NEED TO ADJUST THE COARSE
ADJUSTMENT KNOB. If you field of view is unclear, you should use the fine adjustment
knob only.
3. You will have 7 minutes for you and your partners to look at and draw what you see in your
field of view.
4. Label a cell for the nervous tissue, striations for skeletal muscle, nucleus for smooth muscle
and intercalated disks for cardiac muscle.
5. When time is up, you will move to the next station.
6. If 7 minutes is not ample time for your group, you will have time to come back to any that
you need extra time.

Data:

Station #1 Station #2

Name of Tissue ____________________ Name of Tissue ____________________

 Station #3 Station #4

Name of Tissue ____________________ Name of Tissue ____________________

Post Lab
1. If you observe intercalated disks, which tissue are you observing?
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2. Which type of cell in nervous tissue is actually responsible for sending electrical impulses?
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3. IN A SHORT PARAGRAPH tell how you would distinguish between each type of muscular
tissue.
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