Friday, 24 February 2012

Introduction to Dissection

Bright shiny stainless steel stacked against the side of the trolley.

We line up in a row, taking one from the stack before obtaining the shiny instruments right next to it.

Scalpel.
Forceps.
Long Probe.
Paper Towel.

We file past this trolley to the next.

On top lay fifteen hearts all neatly resting on another stainless steel tray.

One by one, we filed past, grabbed one and plopped them on our once-spotless tray.

It was still soft.

And moist.

Under the gaze of the anatomy lecturer, we explored structures of the heart, noting the auricles, seeing the differing wall sizes of the ventricles, probing the strong chordae tendineae and admiring the seemingly fragile semilunar valves.

Didn't realise I would enjoy it as much. Definitely tied the past theory lessons. 

What a brilliant session.

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