dissection
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Dissection (from Latin ' "to cut to pieces"; also called anatomization''') is the dismembering of the body of a deceased animal or plant to study its anatomical structure. Autopsy is used in pathology and forensic medicine to determine the cause of death in humans. Less extensive dissection of plants and smaller animals preserved in a formaldehyde solution is typically carried out or demonstrated in biology and natural science classes in middle school and high school, while extensive dissections of cadavers of adults and children, both fresh and preserved are carried out by medical students in
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- Anatomy.Name
- Dissection
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- Ginkgo embryo and gametophyte.jpg
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- Ginkgo seed in dissection, showing embryo and gametophyte
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- Dissection of a pregnant rat in a biology class
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Research
266,811 papers- Cadaver dissection for oculoplastic procedures: A beginner's guide.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2022
- Headache in cervicocerebral artery dissection.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2020
- Management of Spontaneous Isolated Mesenteric Artery Dissection: A Systematic Review.Scandinavian journal of surgery : SJS : official organ for the Finnish Surgical Society and the Scandinavian Surgical Society · 2021
- [From the anatomical teaching dissection to tuition at the bedside-A historical appraisal].Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2021
- Cerebellar Regional Dissection for Molecular Analysis.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2020
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Article
21 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Human dissection
- Autopsy and necropsy
- History
- Classical antiquity
- India
- Islamic world
- Tibet
- Christian Europe
- Britain
- United States
- Acquisition of cadavers
- Disposal of specimens
- Use in education
- Advantages and disadvantages
- Additional images
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Dissection (from Latin ' "to cut to pieces"; also called anatomization) is the dismembering of the body of a deceased animal or plant to study its anatomical structure. Autopsy is used in pathology and forensic medicine to determine the cause of death in humans. Less extensive dissection of plants and smaller animals preserved in a formaldehyde solution is typically carried out or demonstrated in biology and natural science classes in middle school and high school, while extensive dissections of cadavers of adults and children, both fresh and preserved are carried out by medical students in medical schools as a part of the teaching in subjects such as anatomy, pathology and forensic medicine. Consequently, dissection is typically conducted in a morgue or in an anatomy lab.
Dissection has been used for centuries to explore anatomy. Objections to the use of cadavers have led to the use of alternatives including virtual dissection of computer models.