2007-01-02 20:01:51 · 5 answers · asked by Nyema 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Totally depends. Probably gets imbalmed and spends a semester with a team of med students at their school. Or, it get used sooner, in the hospital morgue - sometimes doctors practice tricky procedures on corpses before they actually go to their patients.
Sometimes really weird things happen, though! Some Egyptologists got a hold of a body a few years back and mummified it, just to see what would happen - they tried out how they thought the Egyptians did it to work out the kinks, see if their hypotheses were right and all. They even read all of the chants from the book of the dead, just to really play it by the line...
Weird, huh? And the body donor had no idea, probably thought he'd be going to med students...
2007-01-02 20:14:12 · answer #1 · answered by Cedar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It gets embalmed, then stored in a University awaiting first-year medical students in anatomy class. Most medical schools have some type of vigil or prayer for these persons, who are fundamental for medical education. And I agree, you dont want to know the specifics.
This is different from donating a specific organ, whereby the organ is taken to a recipient and the rest of the body is either buried traditionally or cremated.
2007-01-02 20:05:59 · answer #2 · answered by michalakd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bodies are usually sent to a medical teaching college or university for study. They are preserved with chemicals to insure longevity and to prevent biological deterioration.
2007-01-02 20:06:29 · answer #3 · answered by jack w 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
once they are done with the body they give it back to the family to bury. If there is no family or for some reason can't take it back then they would bury the body in a respectful way.
2007-01-02 20:05:13 · answer #4 · answered by The Stig 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You really don't want to know.
2007-01-02 20:03:27 · answer #5 · answered by Mad Dog Johnson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋