Advanced Dissection

philosophised at 2:20 AM

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Chose Advanced Dissection as my Student Selected Component this term.

Essentially we get to pick our own body parts to dissect, and then use the dissected specimen to explain a clinical point (for my group, two clinical points, since we have 3 people instead of 2).

We decided to dissect the face, specifically the areas around the lower jaw and the cheekbone. Face is quite a difficult area to study for, so this is an extremely good opportunity to really get to know our anatomy. We will be examining the possible nerve damages that can occur during extraction of wisdom tooth, as there are nerves that run quite close to the tooth. As for the cheekbone, we will be investigating the fracture in the cheekbone and any complication to the eyes, since it forms the floor of the eye socket.

At the end of the module we will have to create a poster and present these clinical points.