Download Lizard Dissection Steps

#1 Make small incision here
with scissors
#4 Make some small cuts so
that the skin and muscle are
away from body and pin these
down.
PINS LEGS OF
LIZARD
#2 Make a careful cut from base all
way up to tip of head. Carefully
lifting up as you go not to cut organs
below.
#3 Separate skin from muscle and
then cut muscle layer same way.
Key Things to Do with Lizard
• Know all your major organs or structures and
where they are located…
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Trachea / esophagus
Heart
Lungs
Liver
Gallbladder
Stomach
Small Intestine
Bladder / Cloca
Kidneys
Male (testis), female (ovaries & funnel)
What else…
• Cut a piece of skin from the lizard and place this
under the dissecting microscope to see the
scales. To the touch the lizard feels smooth like a
frog, but truly has scales.
• Look at organs under microscope (carefully place
blue pad with lizard in view area)
• Look at the claws of the lizard
• Check out the muscle structure
• Look at the spinal column and try to find the
brain.
• Read through the Anatomy of a Lizard Info Sheet