Keziah Ventling

1-13-17
2nd period Anatomy

Skeletal Muscle System Lab Report

In this lab report, muscle is shown microscopically and at a gross view. This lab used a rabbit
muscle to show muscle contraction when ATP plus salt solution comes into contact with it. The
evidence for muscle contraction is the width and the length of the muscle after the ATP solution.
The percent contraction for my length and width were 16.67% and 63.63%. The percent
contraction for Susy Cardonas length and width were 11.65% and 75%. The two pictures of
before and after show one trial and show how the ATP plus salt solution affected the rabbit
muscle. The two more pictures below it show another trial (by Susy Cardona) to compare to the
evidence collected by the two. It is shown that in the first two pictures there is a 16.67% change
and 63.63%, while the second set of pictures has a 11.65% and 75% change. The data tables
show both the width and length of the rabbit muscle before and after ATP plus salt solution. Both
trials show the Rabbit muscle getting darker within ten seconds with one drop of the ATP plus
salt solution. Problems with this lab were that even though all steps were followed correctly, the
trial did not show a major difference in the muscle. Also, it is hard to measure length because the
full length of the muscle is not shown. Lastly, only two trials were taken so the information and
data is not as accurate as it could be. Included is pictures of isolated and identified Mink skeletal
muscle labeled as Figure 2.

A. B.
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1-13-17
2nd period Anatomy

A. B.
Figure 1: Two pictures (A&B) showing the rabbit muscle(100x) before and after ATP plus salt
solution. The contraction of the muscle is shown in the second picture. The two pictures below it
shows data recorded by another student (Susy Cardona) showing different results(100x) from
before and after ATP plus salt solution.

Table 1: Data table showing the measurements of the rabbit muscle length before and after ATP
plus salt solution in both my trial (Trial 1) and Susy Cardonas trial (Trial 2).

Length of Length of Change in Percent

myofibril before myofibril after myofibril Contraction
ATP ATP

Trial 1 10.2mm 11.9mm 1.7mm 16.67%

Trial 2 10.3mm 9.1mm 1.2mm 11.65%

Table 2: Data table showing the measurements of the rabbit muscle width before and after ATP
plus salt solution in both my trial (Trial 1) and Susy Cardonas trial (Trial 2).

Width of Width of Change in Percent

myofibril before myofibril after myofibril contraction
ATP ATP

Trial 1 1.1mm 1.8mm .7mm 63.64%

Trial 2 1.2mm 3.1mm .9mm 75%

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1-13-17
2nd period Anatomy

Figure 2A: The Mink Skeletal Muscle of the head and neck.
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2nd period Anatomy

Figure 2B: Mink Skeletal Muscle of the upper and lower arm.

Figure 2C: Mink Skeletal Muscle of the chest and stomach.

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1-13-17
2nd period Anatomy

Figure 2D: Mink Skeletal Muscle of the upper leg.

Figure 2E: Mink Skeletal Muscle of the middle leg.

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1-13-17
2nd period Anatomy

Figure 2F: Mink Skeletal Muscle of the lower leg.