The dissection went very well. I could definitely see the difference between an open circulatory system and a closed one. Even though it was also mushy inside, it was, in a way, more organized. Instantly, I noticed that finding the different organs and parts of the Perch was substantially easier than finding organs in past dissections. The video did not dissect the head of the perch so there were a couple of things that I couldn’t see: where the tongue was attached, the teeth, or parts of the brain (the medulla oblongata). I couldn’t feel the fins to tell what kind they were, but going by the video; the anterior dorsal fins, looked like rays; and the posterior dorsal, anal, pelvic, and caudal fins,
The dissection went very well. I could definitely see the difference between an open circulatory system and a closed one. Even though it was also mushy inside, it was, in a way, more organized. Instantly, I noticed that finding the different organs and parts of the Perch was substantially easier than finding organs in past dissections. The video did not dissect the head of the perch so there were a couple of things that I couldn’t see: where the tongue was attached, the teeth, or parts of the brain (the medulla oblongata). I couldn’t feel the fins to tell what kind they were, but going by the video; the anterior dorsal fins, looked like rays; and the posterior dorsal, anal, pelvic, and caudal fins,