Scarcity of dead bodies is affecting Anatomy study — Professor laments

A professor of Anatomy on the College of Ilorin, Prof Moyosore Salihu Ajao, has said that the shortage of lifeless our bodies is affecting the examine of anatomy.

Talking on the 214th Inaugural Lecture on the college, Moyosore famous his commentary in regards to the draw back of the examine of Anatomy in most colleges, being the non-availability of “uncooked supplies” wanted for its sensible lessons.

In line with Unbiased, referring to the supply of daad our bodies for examine, the scholar stated,

“They’re by no means offered available in the market in any a part of the world. Since human anatomy is the science that’s involved with the buildings of the human physique, these buildings can’t be totally understood from written descriptions to dimensional footage or plastic fashions.

The dissection of the human physique (cadavers) is the premise for understanding the construction and capabilities of the human physique for a number of centuries. In different phrases, to totally perceive the significance of cadavers to man is much and past what we should always overlook.

The primary main problem I seen on my assumption of workplace as a younger lecturer within the division of anatomy was the continual shortages of cadavers within the division and after a fast verify on different universities, I found that we’re not alone within the battle to get our bodies match sufficient for dissection.

One in every of my research revealed that about 12 to fifteen college students used a physique towards Worldwide Normal that suggest most of six college students to 1 physique. The Nationwide Universities Fee recommends a median of eight college students per physique in Nigeria.”