Many people noticed that the quizes were a little harder in lab this week. There are a few factors in this, but one of them that you can do something about is making sure you have a clean dissection. I know that at least when I help groups find a particular item in lab I won't clean it all the way out. This allows for your group to work on it and for it to sink in your mind where you are working, what you are working on, and what structures related to it (around it a near by) are important. Taking the time to make sure that items are well defined will make the item much easier to recognize from another item during an ID quiz.

From yesterday's lab (9/18/06), make sure that you can identify:


Medial cutaneous nerve of forearm
Lateral cutaneous antebrachial nerve
Posterior cutaneous antebrachial nerve
(you are still responsible for the other cutaneous nerves for the lecture exam)

Median subital vein
basilic vein
cephalic vein
(know what tributaries create them and what they dump into)

Other items for lecture:
Fascia (named for area it is covering)
Know what a dermatome is and how it changes embroyonically.
Lymphatic drainage
Know where cell bodies of different types of nerves are located!!!!!! This will be tested on over and over again!


If these tips have been helpful in your studing, spread the word and let others know it is available.
Good luck!