UNI Buys Fake Bodies for College Courses
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — The University of Northern Iowa has purchased several artificial bodies to help provide undergraduate students with a better understanding of human bones, muscle and tissue.
The school recently purchased four synthetic cadavers. The $150,000 bill for the lifelike bodies was funded by a grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust.
The cadavers are made from materials that mimic the mechanical, thermal and chemical properties of live tissue.
A biology instructor says former students have said that a more hands-on experience, preferably with human cadavers, would have better prepared them for their current studies in medicine, dentistry and physical therapy.
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