dissecting kits

[LinzV]

Can any upper classmen tell me what you need in your dissecting kit. I did not want to buy mine from BIG because I already got my books and there is a $150 min to buy from BIG and the kit is only $75. If I got a kit from another company would this be acceptable for the class and professor? thanks
Lindsay

[bevo]

dissecting kit for anatomy?

$75 - riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip off.

All we ever used was a scalpel with replacable blade, scissors, and those metal things to grab stuff, can't remember the name.

I think I paid like $20-$25 for mine, which i forgot to pack in bag...

so Puerto Rico Airport Security prob still has it.

[FoxTrot]

u can get one for like $20 from your local medical school bookstore. Maybe it's a little bit more but it's around that area. All u need is a scalpel, extra blades, forceps, probe and gloves. Can any upper classmen tell me what you need in your dissecting kit. I did not want to buy mine from BIG because I already got my books and there is a $150 min to buy from BIG and the kit is only $75. If I got a kit from another company would this be acceptable for the class and professor? thanks
Lindsay

[williamrobert]

by the end of the semester, your dissecting tools will be mingled with everyone else's in your dissecting group anyway...at one time I had two scalpels, no scissors, 3 probes...other times, one probe, no scalpel etc. etc. Basically forceps, a blunt probe, and a scalpel are all you need...and you can get by nicely with just one or two kits per lab group, frankly. Don't spend a fortune on it by any means.

[medNoir]

You need those small scissors with very pointy tips.
They're for separating small delicate fibers which is the final step in any dissection.

[dimples]

i got my dissecting kit from www.allheart.com

it was pretty much what I needed. You end up losing all your tools anyway because everyone "borrows" and lose track of who they gave it to after. At first, I would wash my tools everyday and take it home, but it became stinky and a pain to carry back and forth, so I started leaving my tools at the table and the vicious "borrowing" cycle began.