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Earthworm Dissection Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Annelida: Lumbricus Terrestris
Earthworm Dissection Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Annelida: Lumbricus Terrestris
Students will use the following tools for the earthworm dissection
Scalpel Probes Dissecting Pins Rubber Padded Dissecting Tray
Scalpel
Probe
Dissecting Pins
Dissecting Pan
Mouth
Sperm Duct
Clittelum
Mouth
Pin your worm at the tip of the mouth and at its midpoint.
Start your incision 2 cm behind the clittelum. Make sure not to cut too deeply.
Pin the skin back as you go along the cut. Angle your pins outward so that are out of the way.
As you pin the skin back, take your probe and break the partitions between the segments. These are called Septum.
Pharynx
Aortic Arch
Seminal Vesicles
Seminal Receptacles
Crop
Gizzard
Intestine
Brain