Anatomy and Physiology

Lab Roles for Abdominal Cavity Dissection Lab

Spring 2016
Pre-Lab Lab Roles

Person
Responsibl
e
Day 1

Person
Responsible
Day 2

Get goggles and aprons for the lab group (Bring back to lab group in
classroom area.)

Nick

Nick

Update Lab Roles for Abdominal Cavity Dissection Lab sheet/Turn in at

the end of each day of the lab/Share with group members

Cassie

Cassie

Check each group member for close-toed shoes, hair and clothes pulled
back, goggles and apron worn properly/Put your lab group number with
your initials on the front board, indicating your lab group is in
compliance with safety

Joe

Joe

Put green tray with dissecting instruments on lab station/Put dissecting

tray on table and cover with paper towels (2nd block)

Joe

Joe

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

Joe/Nic
k

Joe/Nick

Read procedure instructions for the dissectors/Direct dissecting: make

sure each group member gets a chance to dissect; keep group on task; be
aware of time

Cassie

Cassie

Actual dissection (dissectors)/Label the specified structures as they are

identified

Joe/Nic
k

Joe/Nick

Compose the technical journal for the lab report (This is a step by step
log of what happens each day during the dissection. The easiest way to
do this is a bulleted list.) Share with lab group

Cassie

Cassie

Take images of the properly identified and labeled structures/put into a

slideshow format and share with lab group

Cassie

Cassie

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 leave it on top
of your lab station

Joe/Nic
k

Joe/Nick

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

Cassie

Cassie

Clean and dry dissecting instruments and lay them out on your paper
towel lined dissecting tray; put green tray under your lab station and
empty water from plastic containers (4th block only)

Joe

Joe

Clean lab table with purple cleaner and paper towels

Cassie

Cassie

During Dissection Lab Roles

Clean up Lab Roles

Dry dissecting tray and set it up for the next dissection

Nick

Nick