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Students receive an eyefull at Body Worlds anatomy exhibit
Sabrina Ziegler | 3/31/08 | Section


Granite Hills students learned about the inner workings and saw, first hand, how an entire network of functions comprise the human body, when they took in a scientific display of dead people, dissected and preserved through an anatomical technique known as plastination.

A group of students from Tiffany Ross’s physiology and Advanced Placement Psychology classes spent their Friday afternoon at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, next door to the University of Southern California, where the Body Worlds tour is being held until early September.

The exhibition, which travels from state to state every few months, features an exclusive collection of real dead specimens -or plastinates- molded individually to present a variety of perspectives of the human body.

A crowd of onlookers muttered expressions of wonderment as they attended the Body Worlds exhibit that featured authentic human embryos, arterial configurations, skeletons, hearts and other organs.

“I’m having a hard time believing this is real,” Cathy Bouchareune said, an AP Psychology and physiology student, as she recalled seeing a section of the exhibit that featured embryos, preserved from various developmental stages.

The students were able to roam about the exhibit and three-story Science Center unaccompanied, in case they needed a break or became overwhelmed with the graphic nature of the Body Worlds displays. However, many spent the two and a half hours absorbing all the information they could attain from the exhibit.

Emmy Lou Dowling, a physiology student who plans to major in biology and study to become a doctor, attended the field trip and engaged in learning more about the human anatomy.

“I liked it a lot. I thought it was going to be different [as in less crowded], but it was cool,” Dowling said.

The students’ tickets not only admitted them to witness the Body Worlds display that began on the first floor and continued on the third, but also included a 45-minute informational film called “The Human Body.” The film was shown in an IMAX theatre, adjacent to the Science Center, prior to entrance into the exhibit.

Arlina Gillett, a Granite Hills counselor, chaperoned the trip. It was her first time seeing Body Worlds, though she had been in New York a few months back, when it was being held there. The exhibit was very informational, she said.

“It was interesting, just to see the locations of the organs and their functions. I learned a lot,” Gillett said.

Though there were no tour guides included, attendees could purchase an audio guide that went into further detail about the presented objects and what they revealed. For those who didn’t purchase an audio guide, a brief description of each model was made available.

“The human body is an awesome machine,” Gillett said, at the end of the field trip.

The process of plastination was created in 1978, by Dr. Gunther Van Hagen. It has, since then, taken the place of less-efficient preservation processes and has come to be known as an anatomical breakthrough, revealing new information about the human body, to scientists, and an exclusive viewing opportunity for the public.




Body Worlds
Esto es el logo de Body Worlds.
Estudiantes visitan la exhibición de anatomía Body Worlds
Traducido por Caryn Hernandez | 3/31/08 | Noticias

Estudiantes de Granite Hills aprendieron acerca los trabajos internos que miraron, primera mano, como una red completa de funciones component el cuerpo humano, cuando visitaron a una demostración de personas muertas, disecados y preservados a través de una técnica anatómica.

Un grupo de estudiantes de la clases de Tiffany Ross de Fisiología y Fisiología Avanzada pasaron su viernes en el California Science Center en Los Angeles, al lado de la University of Southern California, donde el viaje de Body Worlds se lleva acabo hasta temprano en septiembre.  La exhibición, cual viaja de estado a estado cada cuantos meses, tiene una colección exclusiva de especimenes muertos moldeados individualmente para presentar una variedad de perspectivas del cuerpo humano.

Una muchedumbre de espectadores murmuraron expresiones de maravillo al asistir la exhibición Body Works con embriones humanos , configuraciones arteriales, esqueletos, corazones y otros órganos auténticos.

"Estoy batallando creer que esto es de verdad," dijo Cathy Bouchareune, estudiante de AP Fisiología y , al recordar ver una sección de la exhibición que tenia los embriones, preservados de varios estados del desarrollo. 

Los estudiantes pudieron vaguear solos alrededor de la exhibición y del Science Center, en caso de que necesitaran descansar de la naturaleza grafica de la demostración de Body Worlds.  Sin embargo, muchos pasaron las dos horas y media absorbiendo toda la información que pudieron atener de la exhibición.

Emmy Lou Dowling, una estudiante de Fisiología quien planea estudiar Biología mas a fondo y ser una doctora, asistió el viaje, ocupada en aprendiendo mas acerca la anatomía del humano.

"Me gusto mucho.  Pensé que iba ser diferente [como menos atestado], pero estuvo bien," dijo Dowling.

Los tiquetes  de los estudiantes no solo los admitieron para ser testigo de la demostración que comenzó en el primer piso y continuo en el tercero, pero también incluyo una película informativo de 45 minutos.  La película, la cual se intituló "The Human Body," fue enseñada en un cine Imax, adyacente al Science Center, antes de entrar la exhibición.

Arlina Gillett, una consejera de Granite Hills, acompaño a los estudiantes.  Fue su primera vez que miro Body Worlds, aunque había estado en Nueva York hace unos meses, cuando se llevo acabo allí.  La exhibición fue muy informativo, dijo ella.

"Fue interesante, nomás ver la localización de los órganos y sus funciones.  Aprendí mucho," dijo Gillett.

Aunque no hubo guías turísticos incluidos, asistentes podían comprar un guía auditivo con mas detalle acerca los objetos presentados y lo que revelaban.  Para los que no compraron un guía auditivo, una descripción breve de cada modelo fue puesto a disposición.

"El cuerpo humano es una maquina imponente," dijo Gillett al fin del viaje.

El proceso de convertir partes del cuerpo o cuerpos completos en plástico fue creado en 1978, por Dr. Gunther Van Hagen.  Ha, desde entonces, tomado el lugar de procesos de preservación menos eficientes y se ha conocido como un avance anatómico, revelando información nueva acerca el cuerpo humano, para científicos, y una oportunidad exclusiva para el publico.






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Name: Tiffany Ross
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008 09:59 am
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Students receive an eyefull at Body Worlds anatomy exhibit
Sabrina,
Thank you so much for coming to Body Worlds with my classes. Your eagerness to observe and document the experience was very appreciated and I am so glad that you were able to make time in your schedule. Thank you and well done!
Name: Krystal Wayne
Date & Time: Monday, March 31, 2008 04:02 pm
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Students receive an eyefull at Body Worlds anatomy exhibit

Body Worlds was pretty interesting, though I wish that they had the exhibits that they displayed in the movie. Compared to the movie the exhibit was disappointing; but alone, the exhibit was a great learning experience. I really encourage future students to attend (The exhibit is in LA until September 14).

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