In light of the subject of this post, it seems a little macabre.
I feel like a real vet student again as the uni handed us our doggie cadavers! Oddly enough, we started with the head. A very delicate area with lots of superficial nerves and veins which makes me wonder why the professors have chosen to start us here. Other than the rabbit dissection, the youngins have yet to skillfully wield a scalpel. Like the cutaneous trunci, the muscles of facial expression lay directly next to the skin. I'm ecstatic that I have to learn them. Hopefully one day as an animal behaviorist, I can integrate them into understanding and reading expressions.
All the dogs are quite large. The smallest is a border collie but most were greyhounds. Of course, my group ended up with the largest, a 40 kilo mastiff mix. On top of the bulkier and fatter dogs being hardest to remove the muscles from skin, my dog was all squished and folds of skin everywhere! Luckily, Gregor and I have done this before and Dr. Dog congratulated us on a dissection well done!
Our histology practicals have started up hence the lovely picture above. The labs seem a little unorganized, sigh. We have online flashcards to show us what we are supposed to see but no one guides the class. This whole self-teaching business is getting on my nerves. Oh well, hands-on is better than lectures.
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