Author: Stefan Tigges
I am an academic Radiologist who uses comics to teach medical students and residents.
#tiggesanatomy Tap/click my head below to access “Draw it to Learn it” Dissection 1: Vertebra
Now tap/click here.
#tiggeanatomy Draw to learn vertebra available here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-_kzg65RrvkAwGLy-zAvPSEhH8VeaoUsYufJLrGBITk
#tiggesanatomy Observations re today’s thigh/knee anatomy labs.
- I am shocked at how personally responsible and affronted I feel when a server goes down in class, ruining a carefully designed lesson.
- I am shocked at how much anatomy you can uncover in the cadaver lab using just your fingers. Found at least 4 sacrotuberous ligaments that way.
- I am shocked at how bad my cadaver lab nerve finding skills are. I was proud to quickly find the sciatic nerve, but then remembered that it is the largest nerve in the body.
#tiggesanatomy Tap/click my head below to access new new Dissection 2, Knee drawing exercise
here.
#tiggesanatomy Time to head to the cadaver lab and look for an ACL!
#tiggesanatomy Tap/click on my head below to access the Kahoot! Post-test quiz for Dissection # 2: The Knee.
We always end the virtual dissection with a quiz. Tap/click here to participate in the Post-test Kahoot! quiz for Dissection # 2: The Knee. You will need to do this on your phone/mobile device! Note: the quiz expires 12/16 at 11 pm.
#tiggesanatomy Tap/click on my head below to access course material for today’s Dissection # 2: The Knee.
Every single one of the “Virtual Dissections” where we explore anatomy using cross sectional images works the same way. First, we do the pre-class prep work, then the in class work. The first in class task is the Kahoot! quiz which I sent in a post 1/2 hour ago, that you can access on your phone here if you have Kahoot! loaded on your phone. Next, we all draw a picture of the body part that we are exploring, in this case the knee:
To get to the in class image stacks, follow these instructions:
- Enter xraycomix.com (with an “x”, not a “cs” at the end of comix) in your browser.
- If using a phone, tap on the 3 parallel lines at upper left, this will open the menu.
- On the menu, tap/click “M1: Human Anatomy/Virtual Dissections”.
- Scroll down to Dissection # 2: The Knee.
- The structures that you are responsible for finding are the listed at the bottom of the dissection specific goals/objectives. Tap/click on Goals and Objectives Dissection # 2: The Knee.
- Sequentially tap/click on the image stacks below the goals/objectives and start finding structures.
- If you like, you can access the post-test Kahoot! quiz on your phone here if you have Kahoot! installed.
- I hope that you enjoy completing these activities!
#tiggesanatomy Observations re 1st oral exam: “The Back”, click/tab below.
- What great dissections, 1000 times better than I did. Well, maybe 1.5 times.
- When I hear a 3 minute discussion of all of the tiny and some of the not so tiny back muscles, I know that in real life, we would boil it down to 2 words, “paravertebral muscles” and move on.
- Are the T11 and T12 vertebrae atypical because they articulate with the so-called floating ribs? As a lumper, I say nay.
- The autonomic nervous system is too complicated, who do I complain to?
- Students still squeamish, visibly distressed faces when I placed paper on a cadaver.
#tiggesanatomy Tap/click on my head below to access the Kahoot! Pre-test quiz for Dissection # 2: The Knee.
We always start the virtual dissection with a quiz. Tap/click here to participate in the Pre-test Kahoot! quiz for Dissection # 2: The Knee. You will need to do this on your phone/mobile device! Note: this quiz expires 12/16 at 11 pm.
#tiggesanatomy Tap/click on my head below to access the new Dissection # 1: Vertebra drawing,
tap/click here.

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