Welcome to the blog of team Scrubs: Alexandra and Amy.
Since it is the first day of this discovery term, we got our rabbit, named him James, and started the dissection.
Today we tanned James and opened him up from the thoracic region and up through most of his esophagus and trachea. We started tanning by cutting a slit right below the rib area and then continuing the cutting up to the throat.
We had to make sure not to cut through too many layers because the goal was just to take off the skin layer. Along the way, we used a probe to poke out a whole lot of connective tissue. Overall, the skin is now detached in most places, including the lower parts of the limbs. By the time we were done tanning, Amy was able to stick her hand through the skin layer.
Then, we made a deeper incision through the thoracic cavity where we broke the ribs and saw the heart, lungs, trachea, and more.
We then cut more to expose the trachea and esophagus.
Here is what we ended up with at the end of Day 1: