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cheek cell microscopy

🧬Did you you know that you can collect and visualize your own cheek cells!?

🥼To harvest cheek cells, gently scrape a toothpick along the inside of your cheek for 30 seconds.

🔬To visualize the cells, lightly rub the moistened toothpick tip on a clean microscope slide, apply a drop of methylene blue stain, gently position a cover glass atop the stained cheek cell sample, and pop that slide under a light microscope... et voila!

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sheep heart dissection

🐑 Preserved sheep heart dissection can be a helpful method to explore and learn more about the anatomy of the heart!

🫀Did you know that there are a few particularly crucial blood vessels that connect the heart, lungs, and the body… ensuring adequate flow of oxygenated blood throughout the body?

🫀The aortic arch branches into the brachiocephalic, left common carotid, and left subclavian arteries supplying oxygenated blood to the head, neck, and upper extremities.

🫀The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs, where it offloads carbon-dioxide and is reoxygenated.

🫀The coronary artery carries oxygenated blood to the muscle of the heart itself, helping to ensure the heart muscle’s ability to effectively function

🐑 Interested in learning more about the anatomy of the heart and its blood vessels? Check out my Sheep Heart Dissection video at The Garage Lab on YouTube!

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more from the garage lab coming soon!

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