STARFISH DISSECTION

With Ms. Padmini we did a Starfish dissection. We saw each ray and the water vascular system. There is a madreporite where water comes in. Then the stone canal reaches the ring canal which is in the form of a circle. Next, the radial canal takes water to each ray. Lastly, the water exits throught the tube feet. That is the water vascular system inside the starfish or sea star. The starfish as spiky skin. The starfish also has a stomach that inflates when it is eating from its mouth on its ventral side. That is a brief explanation of our dissection. See you all Saturday. 

by Andrew

hey i hope this works
Today I was wondering were the air sacks and and the harts were in the grasshopper?
How big is the difference internally between the grasshopper and the cricket?
The harts on the grasshopper only one chamber per heart
One more question. Is the (skin) on the heart like the membrane on the brain we dissected.
Andrew Hunt

Frog Dissection

Hello my name is Krish. On February 6, 2016 , we did a frog dissection. This was really disgusting but cool at the same time. I thought this was an amazing opportunity. In the class, we first pulled out the skin of the frog which I interestingly found out that the skin is soft but tough. Then, we went through and saw the muscles on the frog. We learned that there are two motions named flexing and re-flexing.  When we went down into the organ area, we saw the liver, stomach, heart, small & large intestines, and lungs. I thought this was the coolest part of the whole dissection. I even got to remove the pancreas and the small intestine. The weirdest part of the dissection was when we took out the whole eye and smashed it to pieces. I enjoyed this dissection a lot and I will see you all next Saturday.

   

Welcome to our blog!

Welcome to the blog of Mini Medical School class at Georgia State University Saturday School! I am Sheyda, the teacher of the class, and a Graduate Research Assistant at Georgia State University Neuroscience Institute.  In this class, we are learning about body systems, animal anatomy and neuroscience. There are 12 students in our class: Andrew, Anushka, Corey, Indeera, Jayani, Krish, Maci, McKinley, Olivia, Rohan, Tylor and Zahra. They are from 6th, 7th and 8th grades. They all are highly intelligent, proactive and passionate junior scientists/physicians! Here they will share their experiences. Enjoy!