Behind-the-Scenes of Working with Cadavers

Through social media platforms like YouTube, anatomical videos can extend the learning experience to a global audience.

Individuals donate their bodies to science and education through a certified body donor program.

No, donating your body to science is a more in-depth process than checking the organ donor box at the DMV.

Return to family bodies are kept for up to 2 years and then cremated remains are returned to the family. Common grave bodies can be kept for 10+ years and their ashes are buried in a common grave.

Bodies are embalmed, where embalming fluid is injected into the cardiovascular system and distributed throughout the tissues.

Phoxy ethanol is used to keep tissues moist and has antimicrobial properties to prevent critter growth.

Cadaver lab embalming is more intense and uses different chemical proportions to preserve bodies for multiple years.

Bodies are picked up from the body donor program using a truck with a shell and transported to the lab.

Bodies are wrapped in plastic and stored at room temperature to be easily preserved for many years.

Dissections use scalpels, scissors, forceps, fine needles, bone saws, and band saws to reveal anatomical details.

Larger organs and tissues are removed with tools, and any remaining soft tissue can be removed using maceration or flesh-eating dermestid beetles.

The purpose is to educate students and viewers about human anatomy, fulfilling the donor's wish to teach the living.

No, it's viewed as educational and about learning life rather than focusing solely on death.

Dissections are treated as a form of art to provide the best educational experience and honor the donor's contribution.

Dissections can take hours and are done carefully to ensure quality and educational value.

Students gain a greater understanding of how the human body works, which is invaluable for helping future patients and themselves.

To remind them of the donors' willingness to educate and to respect the gift they provided, easing any discomfort about death.

Cadavers are periodically sprayed with preservatives to keep tissues moist and prevent them from drying out or deteriorating.

A combination of a fascination with human anatomy and the desire to educate students culminated in opening the lab.

The brother-in-law tried to get pulled over while transporting a body for the first time to explain they had a 'dead body in the trunk'.

Through social media platforms like YouTube, anatomical videos can extend the learning experience to a global audience.

Individuals donate their bodies to science and education through a certified body donor program.