How do I donate my body after death for anatomical dissection/research?
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National Anatomical Service, which operates 24-hour phone services: 800-727-0700.\n\nPls see the link Below: \n\nhttp://www.nolo.com/article.cfm/ObjectID/626D348C-B993-47B4-BB4111CC1DF8DD37/catID/20CEEE73-2677-4AF1-90597F7976CA2BCD/309/311/ART/
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If you aren't in school and don't have access to a cadaver lab, I suggest the next best thing-- buying two books: "Color Atlas of Anatomy" by editors Rohen, Yochochi, and Lutjen-Drecoll (excellent photos), and "Atlas of Human Anatomy" by Frank Netter, M.D., probably the best medical illustrator ever. And don't forget to by an actual anatomy textbook...\n\nA systematic approach, including developmental biology, helps. Have fun.
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Your body parts are invaluable to you, and to those lucky recipients who would recieve one after your death.  As you are aware, it is illegal to sell organs and illegal to purchase them.  Anyone who would pay you is already breaking the law, and at that point you become more of a liability to them to keep alive after the organ is harvested.  They also tend not to be really careful doing the surgery, inept is the word that comes to mind most often, and you of course would be the loser.  Which still makes your organs more valuable to you inside you than sold to the highest bidder.  Aside from being illegal, it's immoral practice no decent doctor would take part in.  Even if somebody did know more information, you can bet they certainly wouldn't discuss it on an answer forum such as this.  Conducting illegal business via the web is a bit risky.
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Your heart stops beating. Your synapses slow their firing until you are brain dead and no electrical current is flowing through the nervous system. Your body will generally expel any waste matter (air, urine, feces) being held. Sometime around this time, you will either discover that there is an afterlife of some sort, or you will blink into nothingness, with absolutely no consciousness to be aware of the fact that there is no afterlife. The body will begin the approach to rigor mortise. And bacteria will begin decomposing the body. Years and years later, only ash (and perhaps fossilized bones) will be left of your body. If there is an afterlife, you will never be able to tell anyone. If there isn't, you will never be able to tell anyone. Those who say they know the truth about the afterlife, either way, are not intellectually honest. Which is why this question will continue to evoke philosophical debate ad infinitum.
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organ donor and cremation.  the flesh is a vessel i ride around in.
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contact your nearest medical school and they will give you information  on their source of cadavres... I know my college had them shipped in from abroad becuase as Ireland is such a small country they wanted to reduce the risk of identification.\nwww.ehow.com/how_110893_donate-body-science
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They test the doners.  I intend to donate my body when I'm gone.
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If you really want to give something back to your old neighborhood, check with the local hospital there.  There are usually all kinds of worthwhile places within the organization that could put donations to good use.  (To the children's ward, cancer center, a memorial contribution, etc).  Also I would check into a homeless shelter or somewhere in need of donations to feed the needy, or perhaps even the animal shelter.  And of course, there's the church.  Just put your heart into it and see what has touched your life and go with it.  And good luck to you!  You're very thoughtful.
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Several places to contact.  The funeral home may have a suggestion.\n\nI know of several churches that have had grave sites left to them going unused.\n\nCremation is much cheaper.  It doesn't require an expensive casket, and brings an equality to funerals that is not matched by burials.
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check out transplant.com
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Only in two circumstances that I can think of:\n1. If there a question re: your death and they need to perform an autopsy, or\n2. If you are donating your organs (they've got to transport them)
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First they have to be sent to the lab for pathology.  After that the hospital will either oversee cremation or the part will be sent to a mortuary for preparation.  Many religions emphasize being buried with all the parts of one's body.  In these cases the detatched parts are embalmed and cared for like any full body would be.  They are then buried where the person will be buried when they pass away.
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Consult a transplant doctor who will get you the database for possible recipients.
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Sell one of your organs
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Your friend is correct. It IS illegal to sell your blood or any body organs. You can only donate through Red Cross Blood Bank or other such designated places. Someone herehas to know more about it than me though. Good Luck.
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I'm a Registered Nurse, so I've dealt with quite a lot of dead people and their families. Once the doctor declares that a patient is dead, we proceed to remove all medical equipment that's been used to treat the now deceased. This includes IV lines, oxygen masks, Foley catheters, nasogastric or gastrotomy tubes, Penrose drainages, heparin ports, endotracheal tubes, etc. Then the body is disrobed of all clothing it might be wearing, and given a quick sponge bath. Hands are placed on top of the abdomen and tied together; legs are also bound together at the ankles. A long strip of fabric is placed under the jaw and its ends tied in a knot at the top of the head. This is done to prevent the body from being in an awkward position once rigor mortis sets in. ID tags with the deceased's full name, date and time of death are tied to the big toe, and to one of the wrists. The body is then wrapped into a large plastic sheath and another ID tag is taped firmly to the outside of the bundle. It is then placed in the hospital's morgue to await being picked up by the funeral home that the next-of-kin chooses.
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stem cell research (experiments on growing whole new organs from things called stem cells)\n\n\nliving donor \n\ncadaverous donor - deceased donor; most commonly from brain death\n\norgan procurement organization (OPO)\n\nharvesting\n\ndissolving stitches\n\nHyperacute rejection occurs as soon as the donated organ is in the body. This only happens if there are already antibodies in the recipient's bloodstream that react to the new organ, which would occur if the blood types of the donor and recipient were incompatible for some reason. This almost never happens, since transplant teams always test for any incompatibility ahead of time. If it were to happen, the recipient would most likely die on the operating table.  \n\nAcute rejection occurs at least a few days after the transplant, after the body has had time to recognize the foreign material. This is the normal immune response to foreign matter. \n\nChronic rejection is a very gradual rejection, lasting months or years. It can be so subtle that the patient doesn't notice any ill effects for some time. \n\n\nhttp://health.howstuffworks.com/organ-transplant.htm