There's been talk about a problem obtaining cadavers for weeks, but now its official- the new crop of cadavers ain't coming. I know a lot of schools are moving to prossections but it sucks that having wrestled through head and neck we'll be missing the major dissections of the thorax and abdomen. Guess we'll have to resort to doing what medical students short on cadavers have done for centuries- or get free passes to Body Worlds

You're not missing much.

It is interesting to see what goes on in the body, but you don't need to butcher the cadavars to see that. You only need Dr. N's clean dissection.

Completely disagree, nothing gives you a better feel for structures and how to work to get them out than doing it yourself.

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no new cadavers period?

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Try using the Color Atlas of Human Anatomy. They should have a couple copies in the library. It shows you the dissections (perfectly done) and content wise, I found that it had almost everything you need to know for the Anatomy practical exams.

no bodies for the rest of the semester - the announcement was made in class this morning. Apparently we will be using prosected material and non-human structures. Quite disappointing...I don't know what/where the root of the problem is, but I hope the school is trying additional avenues for obtaining bodies for our class.

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non human materials? hahah....hopefully they get it resolved for you guys soon. prosected stuff won't be that bad.....i learned a lot of anatomy from prosections when i took it back home

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like BY alluded to, I dont think a color atlas can replace the traditional process of exploration and dissection of the human body. We haven' done much thus far, but I learned a great deal more about the back muscles from cutting and reflecting the muscles myself vs. memorize the pathways and insertions via Rohens etc.
If this was not a predicted outcome for the semester, I don't see how they can get the necessary prosected material in time for us. I understand bodies are harder to get than prosected or plastinated structures, but either way I dont see how we can have the appropriate tools in due time...

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Why don't we go to bliss, cut Block, fail the semester, do it all again in the Fall and keep out fingers crossed that they'll have some cadavers for us in September. This is pretty embarrassing- the head of anatomy having to walk into a class full of students and announce "our bad- we dropped the ball." Where are the market forces that should be at work here- if you cant get them from one supplier, switch suppliers, fork up the dough and get em from another. I'm going to do a google search on this...

There aren't a whole lot of suppliers for this particular murchandise

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