Dissection Procedures, Instruments, and Drawings

Procedures

Equip yourself with safety items upon entering the lab› Gloves› Apron› goggles

Rinse your specimen of excess preservative

Procedures

Observations should be made of other dissection group’s specimens.

Specimen should be stored in its skin within a plastic bag sealed with rubber bands between dissections

All solid pieces should be disposed in trash can

Procedures

Instruments must be rinsed, dried, and stored and blue trays must be rinsed

Tables must be wiped down with lysol spray

Hands should be washed with soap and hot water

Specimens should be discarded in trash can at the end of the entire dissection.

Instruments: Scalpel Fixed blades vs. replaceable blades

Scalpels should be used sparingly Used to make deep incisions and

separate skin from muscle during skinning

Instruments: Forceps Smooth vs. serrated tip

Used to hold or Move tissues and organs

Instruments: Blunt probe

Used to explore body cavities

Instruments: Dissecting needle

Used to trace blood vessels and nerves

Instruments: Dissection Scissors

Straight vs. blunt tipped

Used to make initial incisions Will cut through superficial and deep

tissues

Drawings Specimen vs. Schematic Drawings

Title the drawing with the name of the specimen and portion of the specimen (if applicable)

Color may be used sparingly for shading

Microscope drawings: indicate power

Drawings Make drawing largeand center it on page Label lines should bestraight, never cross,and should go directly to object they indicate Obstructed structuresshould be shown with dashed lines