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Using
real human specimens, painstakingly prepared and
respectfully displayed,
the Bodies Revealed
exhibition lets visitors of all ages explore deep within the
human body in a way that informs but doesn’t overwhelm.
Introduction by Dr. Roy Glover
As the visitor moves from gallery to gallery, the exhibition
uses 14 full body human specimens and over 200 organs to
tell the story of the miraculous systems at work within each
of us every second of our existence. Rooted in the
historical precedent set by such great anatomists as
Vesalius and da Vinci, each full body specimen is dissected
to best reveal the function of a complete anatomical system
and to show that system’s relationship to the body as a
whole. The full body specimens are complimented by
presentation cases of related individual organs, both
healthy and diseased, that provided an even more detailed
look into the
elements that comprise each system.
Our bodies are our most important possession. They are
intricately developed machines; more complex and wondrous
than all the computers and gadgetry we surround ourselves
with today. Yet many of us do not know what makes us
tick—how we function, what we need to survive, what destroys
us, what revives us. Bodies Revealed, made
possible through
the process of Polymer Preservation, is an attempt to
remedy that lack of knowledge by presenting to the lay
public material that was previously only available to the
medical profession: a three-dimensional tour of the human
body.
Countless visitors have remarked that the knowledge gained
from the experience has provided them with a new connection
to their own bodies. Others claim a new reverence for life
and a desire to take a more preventative approach to their
health care. To quote writer and philosopher John Conger
whose words are displayed in the exhibition, “Without the
body, the wisdom of the larger self cannot be known.”
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Bodies
Revealed Education Guide |
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Guide for Grades K-2 |
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Guide for Grades 3-5 |
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Guide for Grades 6-8 |
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Guide for Post Secondary |
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