What Have You Had to Disect

Maisie · Jan 1, 2005

A human cadaver.

EMTtoRN · Jan 1, 2005

I go to a small CC so there is no budget for human cadavers nor any place to put them!

So we dissected:

A rat

A fetal pig

A sheep brain

That is it.

allnurses Guide · Jan 1, 2005

I went to a small community college and we dissected human beings, male and female. New ones every class. Our prof was determined to make sure we had human cadavers.

steph

cdietrich404 · Jan 1, 2005

I go to a small CC so there is no budget for human cadavers nor any place to put them!
So we dissected:
A rat
A fetal pig
A sheep brain
That is it.

How was it? I am not to excited about dissecting a rat.

Achoo!, LPN · Jan 2, 2005

a male and female cadaver, no animals.

nikonos · Jan 2, 2005

In A/P 1:

cat

fetal pig

sheep brain

cow eye

And in zoology:

earthworm

grasshopper

sea star

frog

fetal pig

dogfish

perch

lamprey

We got to observe the med students at our university dissect cadavers, but we never got to do it ourselves...unfortunately.

EMTtoRN · Jan 2, 2005

How was it? I am not to excited about dissecting a rat.

Honestly I enjoy dissections and wish that we did cadavers. The day we did the rats our teacher told us she had fetal pigs for anyone who wanted and I chose to do a fetal pig instead. I think it is fascinating. Some people do not like the smell but it really is not bad.

SCmomof3, RN · Jan 2, 2005

In A&P1 we did a cat (muscles) and a sheep's brain. In A&P2, we'll be doing the cow's eye, doing more of the cat we began last semester, and I'm not sure what else. I enjoyed it and learned a lot, though I was a bit leery at first.

nfsaldal · Jan 2, 2005

Cats. We had 1 per 4 lab students and had to keep it thru the entire summer, A&P I and II. I was kind of weirded out by the cat the first two days but quickly got over it. We also did the cow heart and eye and sheep's brain.

MryRose · Jan 2, 2005

So far in Bio 1 and Anatomy only have disected a fetal pig, sheeps brain and cow eyes. Very cool indeed! :)

The trick to avoid stinky animals is to rinse them (and the storage bag) well each time you use them. At the end of semester my pig didn't reek, but many others did. At first people were giggling as I "bathed" my pig... but in the end they undertsood my logic! :rotfl:

AdobeRN · Jan 2, 2005

The first time I took A&P several years ago at a university we had cadavers. When I retook the classes at a Community college we used a cow's eye, sheep brain and a cat (used for muscle study). A&P 2 - cat (used with study of all body systems), cow's heart and the instructor brought in an adult pigs heart/lungs.