<HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="Microsoft Word 97"> <TITLE>AL's lab: The Cell </TITLE> <META NAME="Template" CONTENT="C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT OFFICE\OFFICE\html.dot"> <script language="JavaScript"><!-- beginning of JavaScript function one() { parent.firstframe.location='elai02.htm' parent.secondframe.location='blank.htm' } function two() { parent.location='elaif4.htm' } //end of the JavaScript--></script ></HEAD> <BODY TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000ff" VLINK="#0000ff" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <B><P><A HREF="javascript:one()"><IMG SRC="../../icons/iconback.gif" BORDER=0 WIDTH=36 HEIGHT=36></A><A HREF="javascript:two()"><IMG SRC="../../icons/iconfrw.gif" BORDER=0 WIDTH=36 HEIGHT=36></A></P> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=5 COLOR="#ff0000"><P ALIGN="CENTER"> LET'S START OUR STUDY.</FONT></P> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4 COLOR="#ff0000"><P ALIGN="CENTER">General aspect of the ABO</P> </Font> </B> <P><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>First we cut out the part of the foot on which rests the chemical drill (= Accessory Boring Organ: ABO). <P>Then we look at its <A HREF="elai02-6.htm" TARGET="secondframe">general aspect</A> under low magnification with a SEM. <BR> <P><B>The ABO is shaped like a smooth mushroom and rests on the surface of the snail foot</B> (by the way, this is not the whole foot, just the part that we cut).