Question

The technique used when a biologist separates tissues by gently placing the closed tips of a pair of blunt-ended scissors between the two tissue layers and separating them by opening the scissors is called __________.

Select one:
a. sharp dissection
b. blunt dissection
c. normal dissection
d. tissue dissection

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. Blunt dissection

Step-by-step explanation:

The word dissection refers to the process of separating tissues or different anatomical structures to analyze them or as part of medical processes such as surgeries. Although there are multiple techniques in dissection the two main ones are sharp dissection that uses sharp objects to cut through tissues and blunt dissection in which blunt-ended object such as special scissors or fingers are used to separate tissue without cutting through them. For doing this, fingers or scissors are placed between tissues and then open gently. According to this, the technique described is blunt dissection not only because a blunt-ended object is used but because this is used to separate tissue layer rather than to cut through them.