another entry in my cadaver lab diary

[shteen]

So we walked in on the first day of lab this quarter, and the bodies are all gone, except for the head and neck. Imagine a halloween shop where there are head masks on tables. Can you picture it? There are some with oozing head wounds and some with eyes open, but the eyes are sunken. All heads are shaven but there are some with beards, blond moustaches. We bisected the skin on the face with our scalpels and I proceeded to skin the right side, while Lauren did the left. We looked at the delicate muscles, nerves and blood supply of the face. It was a little disturbing how easy it was, to then cut the scalp into 4 quadrants and peel it down over the face. The skull was exposed--
Mike: You sound like the Predator or something.