Teacher tips! Our top tip for doing a heart dissection

Next time you do a heart dissection use the inferior to superior transverse sectioning method to better observe the structures

1. To do this, find the Left Anterior Descending artery on the hearts front surface

2. Find the apex (bottom pointy tip)

3. Cut through the heart from the bottom (apex) in 10-15mm thick sections (width of little finger)

4. Lay out the sections side by side for comparison

5. You can plot thickness of the walls against against height from apex (most inferior point) up through the ventricle and into the atrium

6. You can plot thickness of septum

7. You can also plot circumference of ventricle

   
   

This makes a great dissection for triple science students and a level students with the ability to capture and present data in graphs.

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