Technical Journal

Lab: Muscular Cat Dissection

Specimen is removed from the bag,
Specimen is examined by group to identify where the specific muscles are
located.
Jack proceeds to remove excess areolar tissue.
Used a scalpel
Started dissection on the hindlimbs.
The first muscle identified is the biceps brachii.
Having difficulty locating and making incisions for this first muscle.
Having trouble discerning the difference between the tricep and bicep.
Made incision on the posterior side of the forelimb on the pectoantebrachialis.
This incision made the bicep visible.
Used probe to separate the side of the biceps.
Bicep between bluntly visible and a picture was taken with a card identifying the
muscle.
Eve was the photographer, while Jack held the card and muscle in
place.
Moved on to identifying the tricep brachii.
The long head is visible on the specimen.
Identified the three separate parts of the tricep brachii: the long head, medial head,
and lateral head.
Eve coaching Jack on where to make the incision to make the tricep visible.
Incision made. All three sections of the tricep made visible.
Peeled other muscles back.
Photograph was taken of the tricep.
Located the brachialis and epitrochlearis.
Finished dissection of forelimbs.
Moved on to locating the muscles of the hindlimbs.
Started by removing adipose and areolar tissue on the hindlimbs.
Made an incision between the sartorius and gracilis.
Made a lateral bisection between the two to get a closer view of the
two muscle.
Photographed the sartorius muscle.
Had to use the scalpel to remove excess tissues again before proceeding.
Photographed the gracilis muscle.
Now locating the gastrocnemius.
End of day one.
Start of day two.
Took specimen out of bag and laid on dissecting table.
Begins by removing connective tissue.
Using scalpel Use scalp to define lines between muscles.
Using blunt hook probe, divides into the pectoralis major from deep muscles.
Pectoralis major separated and photographed.
Specimen is turned to posterior view.

Now locationing the Acromiodeltoid.

Used scalpel to divide the acromiodeltoid.
Acromiodeltoid photographed.
Now locationing the latissimus dorsi.
Using scalpel to to divide latissimus dorsi from deep muscles.
Latissimus dorsi photographed .
Now locating the spinodeltoid.
Using scalpel to separate the spinodeltoid from deep muscles.
Spinodeltoid photographed.
Specimen turned to anterior view.
Locating the external oblique.
Scalpel is used to divide the external oblique from the deep muscle.
External oblique photographed.
Now locating the rectus abdominis.
Using scalpel to divide rectus abdominus from deep muscle.
Rectus abdominus photographed.
Now locating masseter.
Removing excess skin from above the masseter.
Masseter removed from necessary muscles list.
Now locating the gastrocnemius .
Using blunt probe to separate the gastrocnemius from surrounding muscles.
Gastrocnemius photographed.
Now locating the tibialis anterior.
Blunt probe used to divide tibialis anterior from surrounding muscles.
Tibialis anterior photographed.
Now locating gluteus maximus.
Using scalpel to divide the gluteus maximus from surrounding muscles.
Blunt probe used to separate gluteus maximus from deep muscles.
Gluteus maximus photographed.
End day 2.
End lab.