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Published May 31, 2003
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Gotzfaith
11 Posts
We did sheeps eyes, cats, cow brains and a cadaver (viewed only - no poking)
BunnyBunnyBSNRN, ASN, BSN
935 Posts
Dissected a sheep brain and a cow eye ball in A&P I. Took A&P II at a different community college and we dissected a cat - he was left over from the previous semster (they did the muscles), so he came with a name, Felix. I renamed him Dan after my ex...that way it didn't make me feel so bad when I cut open his chest to look at his heart. (Unlike my ex - the cat had one! :)
Gampopa
180 Posts
We had a human cadaver, elderly female. They wrap up the cadaver's head, hands, & feet just in case there was the possibility that someone in the class could ID her by seeing these. It was really, really helpful to have a cadaver. The TA did all the disections. The freekiest thing was pulling the brain out of the cranium We also did sheep eyes & brain.
Mahema
10 Posts
I did not realise how rare it is for a nursing program to have human cadavers. We had 5 or 6 of them for nursing and some for the other fields of study. The lab instuctor did all the disections. It seemed hard at first to be in the lab but I would not have traded that experience for the world. Can not imagine having to learn human A&P with animals or computer simulation.
salgal
40 Posts
rats, cow eyeballs, sheep brains
sandylpn03
17 Posts
For my A&P 2 class we disected a mink and a sheep heart. I felt so sorry for the little minks, the were furless and ugly and they stunk really bad too. I smelled mink the whole semester. UGH.
B.T.H
80 Posts
A big Tomcat, sheeps brain, eyes, kidney and heart. The worst part about it wasn't the dissecting or smell though, but looking for the cat again at the beginning of every lab. All the different A&P classes stored the cats together and people were mixing everything up in that cooler. I had to sort through the whole mess at the beginning of every class to find our group cat(I was volunteered the job by the girls in my group ,including my wife, since I was the lone guy in the group, LoL.) I miss that group now that my A&P pre-reqs are over with. B.T.H
AmyLiz
952 Posts
I'm just starting my A&P classes this summer & from what I can gather we will dissect a sheep heart (and brain, I think) and a fetal pig. The pig should be no problem, I dissected one of those when I was in high school. And the heart should be no problem either, since I had to mess around with a cow heart in college bio about 14 years ago.
NurseDixie
419 Posts
Cats , fetal pigs, lamb brains, deer hearts. It was all gross, couldn't stand the smell. We used to rub Vick's vapor rub up our noses before we started. It sure helped.:roll
kaitlynsmomma
16 Posts
I am taking my A&P1 class this summer starting July 9! And I am soooooooooooooooooooooo excited! I hope we all have an awesome experience!! Good luck!! :D
rnnurse2be
226 Posts
OK, at our CC we had 2 cadavers. Rosie was the oldest, we lovingly refered to her as "Jerky", and Betty was brand new, so she was "Juicy".
We also had sheep and cow (brains and hearts).
Each group was responsible for disecting a cat. Amazing how similar they are to a human.
Anyways, I was lucky to have been able to touch, grab and feel the muscles, ect... as we were learning them. I am very hands on and it helped a ton!
geekgolightly, BSN, RN
866 Posts
My $0.02.
I refused to dissect. (and the crowd gasps in horror)
It goes against my nature to dissect an animal. Humans give their body to science, so I have no ethical problems with this. I also know that there are times in research when animals are needed for testing of new drugs or research in fields such as AIDS and cancer. As long as the animal are treated humanely during this process, I am comfortable with it. But I am not comfortable with animals being killed inhumaely by the hundreds of thousands each year for purposes which can easily be avoided.
So I refused. I was definitely the freak of the course, but i raised a stink and talked with the dean, and was able to learn thru slides and videos. I did have to do the practicums looking at dissected animal, but at least I took a stand for my personal beliefs.
Here are some interesting links:
http://www2.uiuc.edu/ro/sila/dissection.faq.html
http://www.peta.org/kids/lanimaldisindust.pdf
http://www.lcanimal.org/cmpgn/cmpgn_020.htm
http://www.hsus.org/ace/13059