On Friday, Jan. 26, Anatomy & Dissection Club held a turtle dissection in Mr. Scheiber’s room before school. As the club’s first reptilian study of the year, the meeting allowed members to...
On Friday, Feb. 17, Anatomy & Dissection Club met to dissect turtles in Mr. Eric Scheiber’s room. The turtle dissection was the club’s fourth dissection this school year, and its most complex...
![Helping out two club members, Anatomy & Dissection Club Vice President Nicole Wang '24 points out parts of the turtle's digestive system. Some of the club members were confused about the digestive system's location due to differences between mammalian and reptilian anatomy. "At this time in high school, the most experience you get is probably organs or smaller specimens such as mice [and] frogs," Wang said. "The turtle is a fascinating, almost difficult dissection due to the sheer size and more complex structure overall. You have all the organs and it is a big specimen."](https://westwoodhorizon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024-01-26_TurtleDissection_ChangwatchaiP_11-1200x800.jpg)
![Working together, Rahul Suresh '25 and Preethi Ram '25 pick through the organs of their turtle specimen. Club members learned about anatomy through instructional slides, but were also given the opportunity to explore the specimens to see turtles' internal structures for themselves. "I joined [Anatomy & Dissection Club] because it seemed like a pretty interesting and fun club, and I wanted to get more substantial experience with dissections," Suresh said.](https://westwoodhorizon.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2023-02-17_TurtleDissection_ChangwatchaiP_11-900x600.jpg)