Two cadavers laid on two trolleys in the centre of the anatomy room, their bags unzipped with a cloth covering their head.
Our lecturer gestured for us to surround the first cadaver as she retracted the flap of skin covering the abdomen. The cadavers had already been dissected so it was a matter of moving the skin flaps off the side as if folding back a shirt, lifting the covering connective tissue exposing the abdominal organs.
We peered over each others' shoulders as she pointed out the stomach (much larger than I was expecting), the liver, gall bladder, pancreas (a lot smaller than I was expecting), the duodenum / jejunum / ileum, the cecum (the appendix was missing), and the ascending / transverse / descending colon. She also lifted the liver and ascending / transverse colon to reveal the kidneys which was especially relevant to our current clinical problem case.
It was a fantastic session as we were finally able to see the organs and their size physically on a cadaver. However, the smell of formaldehyde was extremely strong and I could still smell it a few hours later (must have been stuck in my nose!).
A productive session.
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