‘You're able to actually conceptualize a human, instead of just a plastic model,’ said second-year biomedical biology student Jill Kusnierczyk of the university’s new virtual dissection table from Anatomage, the only one of its kind in Northern...
The dissection of human cadavers left to science has long been used as a way to teach students about human anatomy.
The bodies of the aforementioned cadavers — two of whom were healthy, and the others with diseases such as cancer — were intricately dissected and imaged to show everything from their skeleton to circulatory system to muscle layers. The received a little more than $1 million from the province, which it matched with its own funds, for a total of $2.17 million to spend.
Jill Kusnierczyk, a second-year student in Laurentian’s biomedical biology program, was excited to get a preview of the brand spanking new piece of equipment while it was being shown off to Sudbury.com recently. Kusnierczyk said she’s hoping to eventually go into health care, so the Anatomage table tech is advantageous.
Located in the Perdue Analytical Facility on the Laurentian campus, this hub will integrate three key elements: a molecular analysis and characterization instrumentation core, a virtual reality laboratory and a multimedia laboratory for science communication.
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