What do you dissect in A&P Lab?

twarlik · Jun 1, 2003

Originally posted by FarmRN2Be
In second semester we used human cadavers. Our instructor would unlock the door to the walk-in 'frig and we had to wheel them out. They were in these stainless steel tanks-on-wheels. We had a male and female. It was really interesting, they told us we were really lucky since that was all at a community college.

Wow, I wish we had gotten to work with cadavers. All we got were some pigs and a few preserved human organs. I don't really feel that the pig dissection helped me learn. I got much more out of the plastic human torsos.

gonnabeanurse2 · Jun 1, 2003

We dissected fetal pigs, deer hearts (almost identical to human), and human cadavers...it was AWESOME!!!

LoriB · Jun 1, 2003

Straba, that's hysterical.

Maire, I sent you a PM. I'm at BCC too! :)

FarmRN2b: Ewwww. :)

Mitrah: I have two cats and love them also. I was just hoping I would get over it in the lab. Maire is at the same school I'll be going to and she said it's a computer generated body so I think I'm safe. Of course if she took Fundamental Anatomy instead of Human Anatomy I'm not sure. They offer both at BCC. Fundamental says it's computer generated, Human says ... suspiciously nothing, hmmmmmmmmmmm. :)

The variety at the different schools is interesting.

Peeps Mcarthur · Jun 1, 2003

Human cadavers at CC!!! I'm soooooooo jealeous!

We did have a preserved cat uder glass that was laquered or something. My instructor was so excited when it came in. It cost the entire budget for displays..............The catalog at Towson doesn't describe the lab specimens.........If I have to retake Anatomy, it'll be with cadavers. The difference between a model and the true organism is just too great to be guessing.

Love-A-Nurse · Jun 1, 2003

i missed out on the actual dissesting, but, i enjoyed the learning experience of the cat we had.

happystudent, RN · Jun 2, 2003

Originally posted by LoriB
I have to take it this fall and I'm curious. :)

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Just finished it this past semester.. a lovely cat that my lab partner and I named ally whishes aka road kill

We mangled that sucker.. It was fun tho...hehehe

happy:D

cheripa · Jun 2, 2003

We had to skin a fetal pig ( we disected a few other things, while

we were in there and all..), sheep's brain, cow's eyeball(this is really cool!) I'm currentely taking A&P II, but we didn't start any yet....:) :)

Jen2 · Jun 4, 2003

We did a cat named"toonces". Cow eyes, Sheep kidneys, frogs, and a deer heart. My lad partner and I had a cat with a pregnant uterus. I would go home and could not even look at my house cat (felt so bad). I am now a vegetarian. Seriously.

zannie · Jun 4, 2003

we didn't disect anything... we just looked at and poked around an already disected cat.

sashibeak · Jun 4, 2003

Ha ha! To all of you who got to dissect cadavers............ wow!

I got a measly little sheep's brain!

BORING!

LoriB · Jun 4, 2003

Jen2,

I'm pretty sure I'll be a vegetarian after this too.

Lori

kats · Jun 4, 2003

I dissected a fetal pig in high school. In college, we dissected a cat we named Felix, a sheep eyeball, and a cow brain. I thought the worst was the eye. One girl from our lab in another group actually got squirted in the face when she cut the eye- yuk! I definately think that a cadavear would have been much more informative, but our school really couldn't afford that. They are working right now on building a new campus. We are already taking classes at the new campus, but the aren't done with all the buildings that they are planning, so all the money is going there. Plus, here in CA there have been cutbacks in money to go to education.