Week

Dates

Laboratory Topic(s)

1

Aug. 31 – Sept. 4

Orientation, microscope, directional terms, body planes, membranes, and regions

2

Sept. 7 - 11

(Labor Day Holiday on Sept. 7)

Cell, tissue, skin, and preparation of a wet mount

(Students in Monday labs attend alternate lab this week)

3

Sept. 14 - 18

Skeletal system: bones, bone markings, and histology

4

Sept. 21 - 25

Skeletal system continued

5

Sept. 28 – Oct. 2

REVIEW

6

Oct. 5 - 9

Lab Practical I

7

Oct. 12 – 16

Muscular system: histology and identification of major skeletal muscles

8

Oct. 19 - 23

Muscular system: identification of major skeletal muscles continued; origin, insertion, and actions of major skeletal muscles

9

Oct. 26 - 30

REVIEW

10

Nov. 2 - 6

Lab Practical II

11

Nov. 9 - 13

Nervous system: brain and spinal cord

12

Nov. 16 - 20

Nervous system: peripheral nerves, ear, and eye

13

Nov. 23 – 27

(Thanksgiving Holidays begin at 4PM on Nov. 25)

OPEN LAB FOR REVIEW

14

Nov. 30 – Dec. 4

Nervous system: cow eye and sheep brain dissections

Endocrine system

15

Dec. 7 -11

Lab Practical III