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.

New anatomic structure in the ankle joint described by a team of researchers could explain why many ankle injuries produce chronic pain. New study identifies a ligament in the lateral side of the ...

Students at a New Jersey high school can virtually dissect the human body, thanks to the purchase of cutting edge technology that is typically available only to medical students. Cadaver dissection is ...

DUE to the limited number of cadaveric donors in the country, medical schools are exploring alternative approaches to reshape how students learn anatomy. Traditionally involving full-body cadaveric ...

Each year, students with a passion to learn more about the human body can join the advanced human anatomy dissection team. The members of the dissection team meet each Friday to dissect human cadavers ...

Leonardo da Vinci dissected some 30 cadavers in his lifetime, leaving behind a trove of beautiful—and accurate—anatomical drawings. Leonardo da Vinci's extensive studies of human anatomy were hundreds ...