Despite the fact that I had grown accustomed to entering a room with 40 cadavers on a regular basis, I was still dreading the lab entitled "Anal Triangle." When I got my anatomy schedule back in October, I noticed the lab right away and the date was burned in my memory. My winter break was scattered with sad comments like, "I have to dissect a butthole in 2 weeks."
Well, the day finally arrived, and I was ready to just get through with it. I prepared and read the lab so we could move quickly through the dissection. We removed lots of subcutaneous tissue but managed to carefully avoid the area commonly known as "butt crack." Even with all the subcutaneous tissue gone, it was a little confusing. We saw a bumpy area and a cavernous area. The bumpy area seemed to be mostly skin, so we identified the very edge of the cavernous area as the external anal sphincter. One of the wandering professors came by our table and with a few pokes in places I don't like to think about, the professor informed us that the bumpy area was the anal sphincter and we were in the vestibule (you can look that up if you really want, I don't feel like explaining).
I still find it hard to believe that four medical students couldn't point out the anus on a cadaver without help. So here's some advice for future generations: if you are going to be a future anatomist or medical student, be prepared to poke where the sun don't shine.
-- By Farrah, who is 100% sure that she will not be a proctologist
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My comment is that you should pry squat over a mirror or something, so you can get some hands on experience labelling these things.
ok, so if anybody but Lindsey made the last comment, it would prolly not be allowed - but Lindsey is rad. Lindsey was an English major just like Mariam, so Mariam would also allow this comment in light of that fact.
my next point is one of the profs told some students that we should hire strippers so students that haven't seen many other people naked can get exposed to, you know... anatomy. That seems like a more fun study environment than just plain old mirrors.
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