Anatomical Studies Dissections

For the next few weeks I have opted for an anatomical studies programme offered at my school to broaden my range skills and knowledge in this area. This week in the 2 hour session we dissected muscles and marine ragworms. Here are some pictures of what we got up to !

Male (left) and female (right) mussels, you can tell this by their colourings.

After my dissections where I removed their foots, digestive systems, gills, anterior adductor muscles, mantles and anus.

This was our marine ragworm ready for dissection.

If you apply pressure just above the head of the ragworm, it's fangs can be seen more prominently.

Here you can clearly see the oesophagus  of the ragworm.

This clearly shows in anatomy of the marine ragworm, followed by a post dissection snapshot.