Ascaris Dissection

Procedure

1. Obtain a female Ascaris and place it on a dissecting pan. The posterior end is curved in males and straight in females.
2. Make a shallow longitudinal cut the length of the worm and pin it open as illustrated below.
3. Identify the gut, ovary, oviduct, uterus, and vagina.

Trichinella

View a prepared slide of Trichinella in the muscle tissue of a host organism.

Figure 1. Trichinella spiralis encysted in muscle tissue of a host X 40