Lab 20: Dissection: Pericardium, Heart, and Mediastinum

Download this lab as a PDF Goals Review the parts of the pericardium and spaces of the pericardial cavity. Define the boundaries and subdivisions of the mediastinum. Clean and review the structures of the superior and posterior mediastinum. Review the blood supply and venous drainage of the posterior thoracic wall. Clean the epicardium of the […]

Lab 29: Dissection: Posterior Triangle of Neck, Deep Neck, and Root of Neck

Download this lab as a PDF Goals Clean and identify the contents of the posterior triangle of the neck. Perform a deep dissection on one side of the neck to examine the sympathetic trunk and prevertebral muscles. Review the bony anatomy of the superior thoracic aperture and identify its contents. Clean and identify the structures […]

Station 1. Meninges and ventricles

Neuroanatomy lab navigation Identify the parts of the ventricular system on a mid-sagittal brain, coronal sections, and model. The formation of the ventricular system, as it relates to development, was discussed in the Neuroembryology session. Review the clinical significance of the flow and blockage of CSF For further reference Figure 1. Figure 2. Lateral ventricles […]

Station 5. Blood supply and circulation

Neuroanatomy lab navigation Arterial blood supply Review and identify the arterial supply. Vertebral arteries supplying the brainstem and cerebellum Anterior and posterior spinal Posterior inferior cerebellar Basilar (unpaired)—multiple pontine branches also come directly off the basilar artery Anterior inferior cerebellar Superior cerebellar Posterior cerebral Posterior communicating Internal carotid supplying the midbrain, thalamus, hypothalamus, and cerebrum […]