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Animals Inside Out

Monday, January 20, 2014 Mikentire 0 Comments Category : , ,

The Crew at The Perot Museum of Science and Nature
Taylor, Nikki, Chris, Michelle and I all got to go see the Animals Inside Out exhibition at the Perot Museum of Science and Nature in Dallas.  And it was AWESOME.  Michelle was probably overwhelmed by our vet school nerdiness, but I think she's getting used to it now.

The exhibit started with a variety of preserved marine specimens.  The shark was my favorite because you could see how the myomeres (segments of fish muscle - think how cooked salmon falls apart) are going to stay in place as evolution happens and end up right where the epaxial musculature is (back muscles)!  So cool!  
The next section contained a few skeletons and skulls.  I didn't take too many pictures since they were domestic species I see all the time in lab but probably should have.  Their was also a human skeleton and we came to the conclusion that people have weird scapulas.  

I was most impressed with the preparation of the circulatory systems.  We asked one of the docents and she told us they inject the vasculature with a plastic, let it set and then digest the rest of the body away with enzymes.  It's amazing to me that they were able to fill the really small vessels too.  Every detail of these animals can be seen via their blood supply. 
 
We spent most of our time on the musculoskeletal preparations. The camel was really cool. They sectioned the head twice to show three different views of the skull.  The foal and the reindeer were pretty awesome too.  We spent a while identifying muscles and gearing ourselves up for the semester of large animal anatomy ahead. The giraffe was my favorite. That thing was HUGE.  I can't imagine doing that dissection - it would take forever. 
 

This was an awesome experience and I recommend it to anybody.  They are about to leave Dallas but you should see if they're coming to an area near you.  You'll love it.

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