In vivo and In vitro Development of the Chicken Heart

 

Jacqueline S. McLaughlin and Elizabeth R. McCain

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 1998, Volume 19

Abstract

This laboratory experiment is designed to introduce students to the developmental process of the vertebrate heart using the chicken embryo as a model system. Simultaneously, the students are also exposed to the physiology of embryonic blood flow and the electrical circuitry of the developing heart. Described herein is a review of the chicken heart development and a summary of our basic protocol.

Keywords:  development, heart

University of Calgary (1997)