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| 1. Review the bony landmarks. | 720x528 |
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| 2. Expose the abdominal organs by making a midline vertical incision. |
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| 3. Examine the abdominal contents, identifying organs, mesenteries, and their relationships. |
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4. Remove the peritoneum from the right side of the mesentery to expose and identify the superior mesenteric artery and vein and their branches. |
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5. Remove the posterior body wall peritoneum to expose the inferior mesenteric vessels. |
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6. Examine the jejunum, large bowel, cecum, and ileocecal valve and examine their interiors on plastinated specimens. |
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7. Clean and examine the diaphragm, its parts, apertures and the nerves, vessels and other structures passing through or behind it. |
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8. Examine the preaortic autonomic nerve plexuses of the abdomen and the branches of the abdominal aorta. |
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9. Fragment and remove the left psoas major (and minor if present) and examine the lumbar plexus of nerves and white and gray rami of the lumbar sympathetic trunk. |
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