Article published June 20, 2008
UT's anatomy laboratory to be featured on History Channel
The University of Toledo anatomical donation program will be featured tonight on a History Channel television show.
The Modern Marvels production team recently visited UT's gross anatomy lab to talk with medical students about how donated bodies help their education. That footage will be part of the segment called "Corpse Tech" to premiere at 8 p.m.
The episode also will explore how coroners and forensic anthropologists use a body and feature the University of Tennessee's crematorium, the History Channel's Web site states.
UT's donation program, which began in 1969, receives each year more than 100 bodies that are used for education, training, and research of almost 2,000 students annually. UT professors say there is no better way to teach human anatomy, the physician-patient relationship, death and dying, and other aspects of the medical profession than the dissection of cadavers.
Medical students and those interested in being physician assistants, physical and occupation therapists, and emergency medical service technicians are taught using cadavers.
The show is expected to mention a computer program, Anatomy and Physiology Revealed, which offers a virtual dissection experience and was designed by UT faculty members.
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