Anatomy and Physiology

Lab Roles
Spring 2016

Date: March 8th - 9th 2016

Name of Lab: Skinning the Cat
Pre-Lab

Get goggles and aprons for the lab group (Bring back to lab group in classroom
area.)/Check each group member for close-toed shoes, hair and clothes pulled back,
goggles and apron worn properly and put a check mark by your group number on the
front board
o Name: Caitlyn
Get procedure sheets/verbal instructions from me (Share this with your lab group
before you begin the dissection.)
o Name: Eve
Put green tray with dissecting instruments on lab station/Put dissecting tray on table
and cover with paper towels
o Name: Kat
Get cat out of bag and put on paper towel covered dissecting tray/Empty fluid from
plastic bag and put it in tan tub; put tub under lab station
o Names: Jack and Caitlyn

During Dissection
Read procedure instructions for the dissector(s)/Direct dissecting: make sure each
group member gets a chance to dissect; keep group on task; be aware of time
o Name: Kat
Actual dissection (dissectors)
o Names: Caitlyn, Kat, and Jack
Compose the technical journal for the lab report (This is a step by step log of what
happens during the dissection. The easiest way to do this is a bulleted list.)
o Name: Caitlyn and Kat
Take images and/or videos as required for lab report (This will be different for each
lab.)
o Name: Eve

Clean up
Put cat back into bag, close the bag with clamps, put into second bag and close it with
paper clips; put it back into the tan tub and put it under your lab table.
o Names: Jack
Clean dissecting tray with paper towels used to line tray, discard these and any tissue
pieces, and then bring tray to me to be rinsed/Dry dissecting tray and set it up for the
next dissection or put it away, as directed
o Name: Eve
Clean, dry and put away dissecting instruments; put dissecting equipment into green
tray and put the tray under your lab station; empty water from plastic containers (4th
block)
o Name: Caitlyn
Clean lab table with purple cleaner and paper towels
o Name: Kat