Dissection

Our first dissection was the back.  A good place to start, but rolling the cadaver was a little awkward.  We only did the superficial back.  The other group will go deeper, so we actually didn't see much more than muscles and fat.  A lot of fat.  Most of dissection is removing fat.  It's not nearly as gross as you think it is, though, just time-consuming.

My overall impression of med school after one week: I like it.  I'm still adjusting, and probably will be for a while, but it's an adjustment I genuinely want to make, not just one I have to make.

The most valuable piece of advice I've received so far: Work out after anatomy lab, because you smell anyway.