For fledgling medical students, slicing into their first cadaver can be an important rite of passage. They often enter the anatomy lab as skittish new trainees and leave it as self-assured future ...

AMES, Iowa – In a recent class session devoted to reviewing the components of a monogastric digestive system, Alexandra Else-Keller reminded an animal science student how to position her fingers as ...

The room is abuzz with conversation, questions and an occasional electric saw. At raised tables, trios of gowned men and women tweeze and scalpel their way through a human pelvis, sinew by sinew.

“There is no replacement for physical dissection,” said Lindsey Pisani, Anatomy Laboratory manager and administrator of the Anatomical Donation Program. “Models and virtual tables are amazing, but it ...

Alexandra Wuopio, a first-year medical student at UNLV’s Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, recently spent days of intense study huddled with several classmates and one other person — someone none of ...

Every Friday afternoon, 60 students cram into three laboratory spaces. Those labs have a distinct smell: ethanol and other chemicals, preserving four human cadavers. More than half of the 60 students ...

The sell-out show involving the dissection of real organs is back – and this time you can have a go yourself. Anatomy Lab Live is a touring event which had two dates in February at the Cuttle Bridge ...

Some of us find the idea of watching a medical documentary over our evening meal a bit too much to handle - but for others, it's a great way to spend an evening. If you've ever fancied taking your ...