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Show CSU Pre-Med Students Prepare Lab Anatomy Mounts The Dennett twins, Don and Dan, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Wes-ley Dennett, Springdale, did not think they would be dealing in advanced anatomy when they signed up for freshman pre-med-ical studies at College of Soutth-ern Soutth-ern Utah in September, However, during the past weeks they have spent a lot of time in a specially equipped room In the anthropology anthropol-ogy laboratory working on bodies bod-ies of animals. In the course of his zoology studies under Dr. Wesley Larson at CSU, P"ri became interested tn making mounts of animal skeletons. His first project was one that required skillful handling hand-ling and a delicate touch. On a self-designed display board he assembled the skeletons of six mice from newborn to adult in size. He incorporated furthet visual interest into the display by showing the mounts In a variety va-riety of postures. Don's interest became so stimulated stim-ulated by the results of his first attempt that he decided to go into in-to the thing in a really big way hv phnncinir n full crrmn buck deer for his next endeavor. He secured se-cured the carcass from personnel person-nel of the Cedar City Fish and game office after he put in a request re-quest to secure the body of an animal that they wished to disposed dis-posed of. Dan, who is taking a slightly different course than Don this quarter, came to his brother's aid in preparing the bones for mounting, which is no small task. First, all of the meat must be cut from the bones and then the bones are separated and boiled to remove all remaining tissue. The next step will involve bleaching to whiten the bones, aftter which assembly will begin. be-gin. Don has received permission .rom Dr. Larson to attempt to articulate, or upright, mount. This will involve a complete classification and assembly of bones in perfect position to form the reconstructed skeleton of the deer. While still working on the deer, Don and Dan made a bone mount of a gopher caught for them by special request by their father. Their goal is to give all possible possi-ble assistance to the zoology department de-partment in building a collection of animal skeletons for studies In comparative anatomy. "We wanted want-ed to do something special, that would be of benefit to the college, col-lege, for our assignment in zoology," zo-ology," Don explained. The skeletal mounts will be on display in the newly comfleted Southern Uttah Museum of Natural Na-tural History which is scheduled for iormal opening In the near future, |
