She says, "I have heard jokes about anatomy groups naming their cadavers 'Woody.' At the moment it is hard for me to picture--I feel far from being able to joke about any of this." (18) She feels like seeing people joking about their cadavers isn't something you should do on the first day in the lab. Montross also feels really overwhelmed about everything in the lab and ends up forgetting to get her name tag. I wouldn't go around joking about a cadaver the first day I was in the lab, I don't think I could ever joke around about a cadaver. Christine describes what the heart looks like in the body now that the lungs and ribs are gone; "The heart muscle itself does not look so much different from chicken--a little stiffer and grayer, perhaps--so, as we attempt to clear out the blood and embalming fluid, we cannot tell the difference between the flesh and the blood." (33) Her group feels like their tearing into this woman's heart. With this description, I feel like I was part of her group as the tried to get the blood out of the heart without tearing too much of the heart
She says, "I have heard jokes about anatomy groups naming their cadavers 'Woody.' At the moment it is hard for me to picture--I feel far from being able to joke about any of this." (18) She feels like seeing people joking about their cadavers isn't something you should do on the first day in the lab. Montross also feels really overwhelmed about everything in the lab and ends up forgetting to get her name tag. I wouldn't go around joking about a cadaver the first day I was in the lab, I don't think I could ever joke around about a cadaver. Christine describes what the heart looks like in the body now that the lungs and ribs are gone; "The heart muscle itself does not look so much different from chicken--a little stiffer and grayer, perhaps--so, as we attempt to clear out the blood and embalming fluid, we cannot tell the difference between the flesh and the blood." (33) Her group feels like their tearing into this woman's heart. With this description, I feel like I was part of her group as the tried to get the blood out of the heart without tearing too much of the heart