Cadaveric and Anatomical Specimen Supply in Medical Schools of Southeastern Nigeria.

Abstract

Sources of anatomical specimens were reviewed for the past three decades (1970-2000). Old technicians and technologists who had worked in the Departments of Anatomy in the medical schools in Southeastern Nigeria were interviewed. Classifications of different categories of the gross, embryology, and histology specimens, were done as well as their sources. Result show that Government Security Outfits were the sources of most of the cadavers used for dissection. Bones were recovered from dissected and spoilt cadavers. This information could be of help to new medical schools in Eastern Nigeria on how to source their anatomical specimen.