Students are gathered around stainless steel cadaver tables, which they also use as desks. Specimens, wrapped in thick, opaque plastic bags, sit on large, moveable tables. He takes a section of pelvis from one bag and places it on a cart. He brings specimens up to the chalkboard as he makes notes or takes sections to students. During the urinary section of the three-part pelvic viscera exercise, Koelling asks the students if they think urine is affected by gravity when it travels from the kidneys to the bladder.
Silence fills the concrete room.
Actually, very strong smooth muscle does the work. Reviewing quizzes with students is much the same. Koelling explains the correct answers and interjects humor as he describes where different organs are located and how they're linked. It's a bit of catastrophic insurance. Koelling has given the same lectures scores of times.