Probably a weak title, but yesterday we began dissecting our cadaver! We had to expose (on one side of the back) the extrinsic and instrinsic muscles of the back. Cutting is the easy part - the hard (and hugely time consuming) part is "cleaning" the muscles afterwards of fat attached to it so we can have a good look at it. Some cadavers in the lab literally have skin then muscle, we weren't so lucky! It took us about 2 hours to get most of the fat off (we were dissecting from the neck all the way down to the lower back), but at least the anatomy professors kept walking by commenting "beautiful dissection" and "really superb job!" All 4 people in my group got plenty of time with the scalpel - doing this stuff kinda got old after a while!
We were in lab a total of 4 hours yesterday - by the end we were all pretty set on going home. 8 - 5 is a pretty long day, especially since class in the morning is so intense. Having anatomy lab in the afternoons will definitely make Tuesdays a long one! Everyone was pretty exhausted afterwards - a nap was just what the doctor ordered!
Rocked the embryology quiz - and so did everyone else! Almost 100 out of 144 got over a 90 on the 25 question quiz. That's pretty intense... We'll see how long those grades keep up!
Since I'm in Anatomy group "B" I have the day off ("A" is in the lab today), but I'll be spending most of my time in the library.
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