Dissecting Kits

Tools and Safety!!

 Dissecting Tray
- Used for holding and pinning specimen down.
- It secures the animals to be dissected and holds them
in place.
- It is commonly made up of a steel or plastic that is not
dishwasher or microwave safe.
- Compatible with lining waxes used to provide
unadulterated pinning surfaces or may including odor
absorbent pads.
 Dissecting Scissors
• Used primarily for separating tissue or cutting
specimen for study.
• It may be a straight-end or curved-end blade scissor.
The curved instrument is most commonly utilized
for cutting or dissecting dense or deep tissue such
as uterus, muscles, breast, and foot. It allows
deeper penetration into the wound than the type
with straight blades. The straight version on the
other hand is typically used for cutting surface
tissue or sutures.
 Scalpel
• A scalpel, or lancet, is a small and extremely sharp
bladed instrument used for cutting and shaving off
back skin and muscle.
• It is used “for making skin incisions, tissue
dissections, and a variety of surgical approaches.
• Scalpel blades come in different sizes, identified by
a blade number, and each serving a different
purpose. Blades are disposable.
• Scalpel handles may be plastic/metal. Some are
disposable and some are autoclavable, therefore
can be reused.
Some of the most common blades are described below:

• The number 10 blade has a large curved cutting edge is one of the
more traditional blade shapes and is used for making large
incisions and cutting soft tissue.
• The number 11 blade is an elongated, triangular blade sharpened
along the hypotenuse edge. It has a pointed tip making it ideal for
stab incisions and precise short cuts in shallow recessed areas.
• The number 12 blade is a small, pointed crescent-shaped blade
sharpened along the inside edge of the curve. It sometimes used
as a suture cutter.
• The number 15 blade has a small, curved cutting edge ideal for
making short, precise incisions.
• The number 22 blade is a larger version of the number 10 blade
with a curved cutting edge and a flat, unsharpened back edge. It is
often used for creating large incisions through thick skin.
Installing and Removing Scalpel Blades

Review on the separate notes I have given you.

 Forceps
• Toothed Dissecting Forceps are used to handle
and move tissues and different materials and
also use to manipulate needles and other
instruments while operating. This Toothed
Dissecting Forceps is 7 inch and the jaws of
the forceps have 1×2 inches teeth.
 Adson Micro Forcep

Micro Forceps

Iris forceps
 Dissecting Probe
• Also called a dissecting needle.
• A dissecting probe can either be a slender flexible
rod with a blunt end or a long needle inserted into a
small, wooden handle.
• Usually it is 6 inches long.
• Used to tease and separate specimens, pin body
parts, and explore dissected animals. Used for
gently moving things around (NOT FOR POKING THE
FROG) and pointing to structures.
 Pins
• Usually the are nickel plated. These pins are two
inches in size and are used to pin or keep the
animal specimen on the dissecting pan.
• Alternatively, they are used to pin back skin and
muscles and can be used to label parts later on.
Pins are placed at angles.
 Magnifying Glass
• Also called a hand lens in laboratory contexts,
it is a convex lens that is used to produce an
enlarge or a bigger image of an object for
better view and closer analysis. The lens is
usually mounted in a frame with a handle.