Dissection day 3: Not for the faint of heart. Or lung.

Today was the day of viscera!


We opened up the thoracic and abdominal cavities and spent the day palpating and talking about the digestive system and the "500 functions of the liver."

I learned:

--The intestines are not just hanging out like spaghetti; they're more like coral or very tight ruffles.

--The large intestine does not look all neat and organized like it does in books.

--The lungs really take up most of the sides of the body.

--The greater omentum (never heard of it? It's cool!) is your internal security blanket. It moves (moves!) and wraps itself around any unhappy organ it can reach and tries to make it better.

--The liver really does do about 500 different things.

Time to sleep!

--Melissa V.