Lab 22: Prosection lab: Pelvic Skeleton, Pelvic Cavity, and Pelvic Vessels; Perineum

Students: Unlike most lab sessions, which are dissection-based, this session is a ā€œprosection lab.ā€ Assemble in 5 groups, each having ~16 members. There are 5 learning stations situated around the labs. Pick a station to start at. Groups will spend about 25 minutes at each station, rotating around the labs until they have visited all […]

Lab 6: Carpal Tunnel and Palmar Hand

Download this lab as a PDF Goals Identify the bones associated with the wrist and hand. Demonstrate and describe the movements of the thumb. Clean and identify the palmar aponeurosis. Identify the boundaries and contents of the ulnar canal and carpal tunnel. Trace the long flexor tendons from the anterior forearm to the palmar surface […]

Lab 4: Dissection: Axilla, Brachial Plexus, and Arm

Dissector instructions Tap the Dissector Instructions menu on the left side of your screen to open the steps of your dissection. It’s sticky, so it will scroll with you as you progress through the lab. Need to log in to view the dissector?

Lab 5: Cubital Fossa, Elbow, and Anterior Forearm

Dissector instructions Tap the Dissector Instructions menu on the left side of your screen to open the steps of your dissection. It’s sticky, so it will scroll with you as you progress through the lab. Need to log in to view the dissector? Tap here for instructions on how to show the keyboard on the […]

Head and neck development

Optional reading Langman’s Medical Embryology: Chapter 17, Head and Neck. The relevant sections are: Introduction, Pharyngeal Apparatus, Thyroid Gland, and Face. Most of the events that produce the definitive anatomy of the head and neck are covered in this chapter. The pharyngeal apparatus (the source of the primordial tissues) is discussed first, followed by detailed […]

Overview of the neck viscera; thyroid and parathyroid glands

Optional reading Moore’s Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 10th ed., Viscera of neck section through Nerves of parathyroid glands. In thinking about the overall architecture of the neck, it can be organized into 4 units: 1. Visceral unit The visceral unit contains the neck’s visceral organs (the focus of this chapter). It is located anteriorly. 2. Vertebral […]