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Does anyone have any hints on how to remove fat from a cadaver easily? Could I get some sort of grease-b-gone spray? Maybe bring a blowdryer to the lab and melt it off?
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Megalofyia said:
If mere adipose tissue puts you on edge, you'll rue the day you meet the beast that is the parotid gland!
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play dumb and tell the teacher you can't find such and such. They will come over and remove most of the fat while trying to find the stuff. The key is to play REAL dumb, but still act like your trying. Example You: so this is the heart. Teacher: Ummm no thats the liver, let me dig that heart out for you.
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JonnyG said:
Haha. Jonny-you sly devil. You just made me laugh out loud.
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1. Hire a plastic surgeon to come to lab and do liposuction.
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(second suggestion self-censored for extreme disgustingness and disrespectful inappropriateness.
3. Get your tank-mates to do the heavy lifting.
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(wow, I really have a sick mind)
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(second suggestion self-censored for extreme disgustingness and disrespectful inappropriateness.
3. Get your tank-mates to do the heavy lifting.
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(wow, I really have a sick mind)
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njbmd
Hi there,
When I was a first year, one of my tank mates (a former beauty queen) loved to clean the fat off structures that we had previously identified. She used to sneak into the lab at night and spiff "Pedro" for us. During one lab session, we discovered that Pedro had a penile implant so we pumped it up and left his penis quite erect. That next morning she had left a note thanking us for the "gift". Our brachial plexus was clean and defatted.
njbmd 🙂
When I was a first year, one of my tank mates (a former beauty queen) loved to clean the fat off structures that we had previously identified. She used to sneak into the lab at night and spiff "Pedro" for us. During one lab session, we discovered that Pedro had a penile implant so we pumped it up and left his penis quite erect. That next morning she had left a note thanking us for the "gift". Our brachial plexus was clean and defatted.
njbmd 🙂
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Megalofyia said:
if you are doing a limb or torso dissection all you have to do is slit down to the fascia, slide your finger under the fat and with your finger in contact with the fascia start sliding your finger in, out, and around to lif the fat and skin. I personally can skin a leg in about 30 to 45 minutes. if you are trying to preserve the underlying veins. well then you are screwed as far as this technique goes
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JonnyG said:
This was how I got through undergrad bio lab. I was too lazy to do any of the work, so things went like this:
Professor: Now you should all think of an experiment design and how you would implement it.
Me: Mr. TA, I don't get it. What do we do? I'm blonde.
TA: Well, you think of an experiment. Maybe something like this... (details an experiment design)
Me: Oh, ok...but then how would I make it work? This is confusing...
TA: Well, you could try this... (proceeds to do the entire lab for me)
Sadly, I don't think this technique is going to cut it on clinical rotations.
Friction is the key. Take some paper towels (or your hand...but the towels are better) and rub them on the fat as fast as you can. The heat melts the fat and the paper absorbs it.
Man i'm glad our anatomy is over....good luck!
Man i'm glad our anatomy is over....good luck!
