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Whats the purpose of a dissection?
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-to see organs(what they are, where they lie, how far they extend)
-see their relationship to other ones |
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incision-
why? |
cuts
to open the specimen |
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how do you do a disection corectly
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- separating organs
- picking away loose connective tissue, superfascial, fat, or apose, tissue |
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bisect-
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cut across its center
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reflect-
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to turn back its two ends to expose an underlying organ
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right and left refers to
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the specimen's right and left
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lateral-
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refers to the direction toward the side of the body or organ in question
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medial-
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to a direction toward the center of the body
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superficial-
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lies over the part refered to and nearer to the body surface
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deep-
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lies beneath other organs and far away from the body suface
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FOR HUMANS:
superior- inferior- anterior- posterior- |
FOR HUMANS:
-upper,or head of body -lower parts of body -belly surface -back |
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FOR QUADRUPEDS:
ventral- dorsal- |
FOR QUADRUPEDS:
-underside of the body -back |
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cranial-
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direction toward the head
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caudal-
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direction toward the tail
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rostral-
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direction within the head toward the snout
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anterior & posterior
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describe some individual organs
Ex:eyeball- orientation is essentially the same in humans |
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distal end-
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end farthest away from some point of reference(origin of the structure or midventral line of the body)
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proximal end-
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end nearest the point of reference.
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sagittal section-
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longitudal section of the body passing from the midle of the back to the middle of the belly.
[symmetrical] |
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frontal section-
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longitudal section crossing the sagittal plane at right angles.
[not symmetrical] |
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transverse section-
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crosses the sagittal axis of the body at right angles
[cross section of body] |
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acetabulum-
latin meaning |
-socket in the hip bone for the femur
-"vinegar cup" |
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carpals-
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-small bones in wrist
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abduction-
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-leading away
*ductus *ab |
