The bodies come in the form of donations and are incredibly helpful to students who are learning how the human body functions.
If Ohio University’s graduate medical students are going to be expected to know the complete anatomy of the human body, they’re going to need cadavers, which is why OU receives 90 to 115 a year, according to today’s Post Modern.
That might not appear to be of great consequence, and might be something OU students would prefer to not think about, but it’s a fair reminder that donating one’s body to science is a noble cause.
To donate one’s body to science, or become part of the Body Donor Program at OU-HCOM, one would have to contact the school’s department of biomedical sciences.
People who donate their bodies are helping to create the next generation of doctors and other medical professionals. Without cadavers, students cannot be counted on to further advance medical technologies because they will not have the best possible knowledge about the inner workings of the body.
One medical student interviewed in today’s article works directly with cadavers and said he is now an organ donor, but plans to donate his body when he is older. People can’t simultaneously be both an organ donor and donate their body to science, but, like the student, people can choose to remain an organ donor until their organs may not be incredibly useful to the immediate health of a person anymore. Those people can then choose to become body donors whose organs will not be transplanted into someone else, but studied by educators.
We think readers should go down that route. Consider registering to become an organ donor the next time you renew your state ID. If you someday think your organs will be of little use to a potential match, think about donating your body to science. It’s a cause worth supporting.
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