Anatomy II Laboratory

Catalog description

This course is the laboratory component of the HLTS 471 Anatomy II course. The activities in this course include dissection of human cadavers, the study of prosected human cadaveric material, the study of human skeletons and skeletal models, and the study of various organ models. This course employs a regional approach to the study of human gross anatomy. It is designed to study the details of the anatomy in the regions of: thoracic cavity and its contents; the heart; lungs; abdominal cavity and its contents; pelvic cavity and its contents; and the lower extremities. In this dissection laboratory the student, under the supervision of faculty, will dissect and study human cadavers. Efforts are made to assist the course participants to utilize the information presented in the course to answer medically/clinically relevant questions.