Dissection Safety Quiz

What is the most important thing to do before starting a lab?

• put on gloves

• put on goggles

• pick up your lab materials

• read through the entire lab

What safety equipment should you be wearing when participating in a dissection?

• gloves

• goggles/safety glasses

• closed toe shoes

• hair net

It is safe to eat, drink or chew gum during a dissection

• True

• False

You should always try to use dissection scissors instead of a scalpel if possible.

• True

• False

You should dissect your specimen while holding it in your hands.

• True

• False

Using a scalpel requires you to be forceful to cut through multiple layers of tissue

• True

• False

A probe can be used to look into your lab partner's nose and mouth.

• True

• False

Top or front end of a bilaterally symmetrical organism

• anterior

• posterior

• dorsal

• ventral

Hind or tail end of an organism

• anterior

• posterior

• dorsal

• ventral

Back surface or the darker side of an organism

• anterior

• posterior

• dorsal

• ventral