Lab 2 Introduction: Vertebral Column; Spinal Cord; Spinal Nerves; Back Muscles
Download this lab as a PDF Students: Unlike most lab sessions, which are dissection-based, this session is a “prosection lab.” 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 […]
Lab 2, Station 4: Spinal Nerves
Lab 2 Navigation Introduction Station 1: Vertebral Column 1 Station 2: Vertebral Column 2 Station 3: Spinal Cord Station 4: Spinal Nerves Station 5: Muscles of the Back and Posterior Shoulder Figure 2.13. Draw a cross section of the spinal cord and spinal nerves. (Paste a screen shot of this image into your whiteboard or […]
Lab 2, Station 3: Spinal Cord
Lab 2 Navigation Introduction Station 1: Vertebral Column 1 Station 2: Vertebral Column 2 Station 3: Spinal Cord Station 4: Spinal Nerves Station 5: Muscles of the Back and Posterior Shoulder Complete anatomy: Spinal nerves Identify the following on the spinal cord prosection or isolated spinal cord: •Dorsal and ventral roots—because the cadaver is prone, […]
Lab 2, Station 2: Vertebral Column 2
Lab 2 Navigation Introduction Station 1: Vertebral Column 1 Station 2: Vertebral Column 2 Station 3: Spinal Cord Station 4: Spinal Nerves Station 5: Muscles of the Back and Posterior Shoulder Complete anatomy: Sacrum •Sacrum (5 fused vertebrae) •Promontory •Alae (singular is Ala = “wing”). There are two of these, on either side of the […]
Lab 2, Station 1: Vertebral Column
Lab 2 Navigation Introduction Station 1: Vertebral Column 1 Station 2: Vertebral Column 2 Station 3: Spinal Cord Station 4: Spinal Nerves Station 5: Muscles of the Back and Posterior Shoulder Complete anatomy: Vertebral column The Vertebral Column as a Whole Identify these features of the vertebral column: •Primary curvatures •Thoracic and sacral Primary curvatures […]
Lab 2, Station 5: Muscles of the Back and Posterior Shoulder
Lab 2 Navigation Introduction Station 1: Vertebral Column 1 Station 2: Vertebral Column 2 Station 3: Spinal Cord Station 4: Spinal Nerves Station 5: Muscles of the Back and Posterior Shoulder Complete anatomy: Deep muscles of the back The prosection is in the prone position: Let’s begin with muscles that extend the spine and […]
Lab 1: Introduction to Anatomy; Lab Orientation
To download this page as a PDF PDF-Lab 1 LAB OUTLINE 1Overview of the anatomy thread in the curriculum 2Anatomy lab safety, policies, and procedures 3The Willed Body Program 4Meeting your “First Patient” 5Overview of the Skeleton (Independent Study) Anatomy Thread Anatomy is a topic that threads throughout the pre-clerkship curriculum (years 1 and 2). […]