You will be required to complete a reading assignment in preparation for lab each week. It includes background information, which you should read carefully, and detailed instructions for performing the dissections, which you can skim. Unannounced quizzes will be given if students seem to be unprepared for lab. The best way to learn the identity and location of structures is to dissect them in the systematic manner outlined in the manual, and to study them in relation to other structures dissected at the same time.
Diagrams are only one tool the written directions are much more informative and reliable.
Diagrams can be misleading because they often don t resemble the actual structures, they show structures in only two dimensions, and often from one angle only. Your lab grade will count as approx. You must bring a note if you miss a lab, and you may not be given a make-up quiz for logistical reasons. In such a case, the grade will be based on the average of your other three quizzes. If you miss more than two quizzes, then you will receive a zero for the third.