The exhibit closes with a gallery of bodies that have been treated ... “We reassure people that although muscles and nerves and blood vessels are there, the real identifiers of who a person ...

Ever wonder what your lungs look like? Or your liver? An exhibit opening this weekend in Arlington, Va., uses real cadavers to satisfy that curiosity with a fascinating and controversial tour of ...

While it is true that dead bodies exhibit goosebumps ... Goosebumps are an involuntary reaction: nerves from the sympathetic nervous system — the nerves that control the fight or flight response ...

The traveling exhibit features actual bodies, and body parts, such as muscles, nerves and organs. It includes a dozen full bodies, and 200 organs and partial specimens. Silicone prevents decay.

Then we add nerves because the muscles don’t contract ... to be used for as long as it is taken care of. The bodies used in the exhibit are from Dalian Medical School in China.

Most have been skinned or dissected to reveal muscles, bones, nerves and ... sanctity of the human body. However, German scientist Gunther von Hagens, who created the exhibit and the preservation ...

She was amazed to see how preserved remains could illustrate how cancer consumes the body and how an aneurysm can kill. The exhibit also touched a personal nerve. In 2003, Toney-Alvarez lost a ...

Another shows a man leaning over a desk with the nerves in his spinal cord exposed. In all, there are 21 full bodies and 150 human organs. The exhibition, which costs $10 to $17 to attend ...

The exhibit features bodies in different poses ... “If you look at her, all the arteries, veins, nerves, tissue, everything that you see is hers — they were highlighted with colors just ...