Anatomy disections

[aquakenn]

I spoke with a nurse who has been in the field for 20 years. She informed me that she took anatomy and the anatomy lab. The lab consisted of dissecting animals. Are computers used for this now or anatomical models used today? If so, is this taken for an LPN program? Thank you.

[allyjay13]

Can't speak for an LPN program in particular, but my anatomy course comprised of both an online dissection component (software that that was developed through scanning a real human cadaver so that tissues could be dissecected and observed on the screen) and a human cadivar lab where we had 26 cadavers which we were tested on. It was a really great way to learn the subject and years later I still have a strong knowledge of anatomy.

[aquakenn, CNA]

That sounds so cool! Thanks.

[MiladyMalarkey, ASN, BSN]

Our local community colleges dissected everything from cats to sheep eyes/brains/hearts and had real human skeletons/bones along with plastic models for almost any body part you can imagine. When it came down to A&P, my particular community college also had about 6 cadavers, we did not dissect them, they were purchased from medical schools (who had previously dissected & preserved them). The cadavers were used solely for A&P. We spent lab hours studying them and doing our practical exams using them. Only instructors were allowed to touch & handle them.

Forever grateful to those people who donated their bodies to science. They've lasted years and have probably taught thousands of students.