Safety Rules and Lab/Safety Equipment

Used to obtain, transfer, and measure small amounts of liquid drop by drop. Used to remove excess liquid in the specimen

• apron

• beaker

• Electronic/ Digital balance

• Disposable pipette or eye dropper

• forceps

Used to measure things

Units: cm, mm

• apron

• ruler

• Electronic/ Digital balance

• Disposable pipette or eye dropper

• forceps

Protects your skin and clothing from chemical spills and other hazards.

Worn to protect your skin and clothes

• apron

• beaker

• Electronic/ Digital balance

• Clamp/utility clamp

• Disposable pipette

Like tweezers 

Used to 

1) Hold tissues while cutting

2) pick up or remove tissues/organs

• emergency eyewash station

• fire blanket

• fire extinguisher

• forceps

• funnel

Protects the eyes from chemicals or other hazards.

Worn to protect your eyes

• safety goggles

• gloves

• graduated cylinder

• hot plate

• mortar and pestle

Used to protect your hands from chemicals or other hazards.

Worn to protect your hands

• goggles/ safety glasses

• gloves

• graduated cylinder

• hot plate

• mortar and pestle

Used as an extension of your finger to 

1) Remove tissue between areas

2) point at structures

• goggles/ safety glasses

• Dissection Probes

• graduated cylinder

• hot plate

• mortar and pestle

Used to cut through muscles and remove organs

You always cut away from you

• (dissection) scissors

• scalpel

• forceps/tweezers

• tongs

Used to cut through muscles and remove organs

You always cut away from yourself

• (dissection) scissors

• scalpel

• forceps/tweezers

• tongs

Used to hold the skin and other tissues in place - keeps the specimen from moving during cutting

Placed sideways and at an angle

• T-Pins

• scalpel

• forceps/tweezers

• tongs