Umm Al-Qura University
Teaching Aids
- A morgue in the male students section, as well as in the female section, for practical lessons and autopsies. Each year, about 10-20 corpses are used for autopsy with the purposes of learning, teaching and scientific research.
- The Anatomy Museum in the male students section, as well as in the female section, in order to learn about the plastinated samples and the different parts of the human body and brain. In addition to that, the Museum presents models of the development stages of the human fetus.
- A museum of all the bones in the whole human body, where the student can borrow bones for a period of not more than one week after filling out a form for the receipt and delivery of samples.
- An Anatomage to display 3D images of the human body, organs and skeleton to enhance the understanding of the relations among the body parts.
- A Set of rays for different body parts, human brain, and bones for healthy and ill cases.
- A sophisticated histology laboratory, equipped with microscopes for the examination of different histological samples, as well as an educational microscope to display slides through the projector. It includes a device to mount, section and stain specimens. The laboratory also contains an Image Analyzing Computer, which serves scientific research in the Department and the College.
- A Laboratory for autopsy research and animal experimentation. It is equipped with surgical microscopy with digital camera for accurate anatomy of organs.
