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//__ Cat Dissection Reflection By Wesley House __//

Where to start? This was the most 'interesting' dissections I have ever done in my life. When I found out that we are actually allowed to dissect cats I was suprised (and somewhat disgusted). But I was still very optomistic about it all. I learn alot from any type of dissection. I am very much a hands on learner. I retain information alot better if I am holding (or cutting!) what I need to know. Although I was at first very hesitant to even touch the dead, decaying cat, I was able to suck it up and cut away. I definitely learned alot out of this experience.

One of the most disgusting parts of the entire dissection was the smell. It was the most acrid, fleshy smell I have ever experience in my life. It was very difficult to wake on maroon days knowing that a dead cat awaited me in class. Mutulating it, cutting it open and extracting its vital organs seemed so morbid at first but I quickly got used to it. Another one of the disgusting aspects of dissecting a cat was tearing out all of the muscle and fat. My group obtained a cat that was muy gordo! It was very annoying ripping out and cutting all of the muscle. Even grosser was pulling out all of the blobs of fat that were tightly secured around the organs. This made it all the more difficult. However, even though there were alot of disgusting things to this dissection, I have to admit that I learned alot. Cutting open the cats allowed me to see nearly all of the material we have been learning throughout the entire year! I learned how to correctly use the dissection instruements and use them in such a way that it would not damage the organs that need to be observed. During the entire dissection we were not requried to fill out worksheets (good idea since our hands were so dirty). But instead we were told to take pictures of assigned organs and anatomical features and send them into flickr.com (as seen above). This allowed us to get a better visual of what we needed to learn. If there is one thing I will remember from this kitty dissection it is to never pick the fat cat! This was a great project and was very relevant to all the stuff we were learning.

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