The diverse utility of wet prosections and plastinated specimens in teaching gross anatomy in New Zealand

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 269-274

  Cornwall, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anatomy education; Cadaver dissection; Cadaver prosections; Gross anatomy laboratory; Human anatomy; New Zealand; Plastinated specimens; Teaching anatomical sciences; Undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEW ZEALAND; TEACHING;

ANATOMY; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 80052657518     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.245     Document Type: Article

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