Favorite Class of ALL Time.

{Papa B and Natalie will appreciate this post....}

----Caution, this post may be a bit morbid----

Jason and I went through the agony and pain of the Elementary Anatomy class last semester and succeeded! If your lucky enough to make it through and are a senior, you can take the Advanced Anatomy class. There are only 5 people allowed in that class and we are lucky enough to have taken up 2 of those slots.

There are only 5 people in this class because we get to dissect the cadaver that the elementary class will learn from the following semester. Cadavers come from the University of Hawaii medical school, this one is Margaret. She past away due to Cardiopulmary dysfunction. She has had a mysectomy and she has had surgery on both of her knees. She lived a long life, passing away at the age of 92. And we are grateful she donated her body to science so that we can learn.

In the first class we started on her back, Jason and I both had the gluteal region (her booty). After taking off the adipose tissue, we were able to locate the muscles, nerves and blood vessels in that region. When dissecting, I located a cyst. That was really interesting. After dissecting an area, we are quized about what we found and then, move on. These quizes are MUCH better than the ones in elementary anatomy. We all got 102%!

We have since moved on to the front and have been locating the muscles, nerves and blood vessels of the brachial cephalic region (the upper chest, shoulders, neck region).

This class has already been such a great learning experience. We are so grateful to be in it!

The show "Bodies, The Exhibition" is here in Hawaii and several of our friends from elemenarty anatomy and Jason & I have been wanting to go see it, but just haven't yet. Well, the first day of class our professor brought it up and said he wants to take our class!!! We're so excited!-not only to see it but to see it on the Biology Departments tab is even better! =]