The museum of anatomy dept is the cynosure of our renowned Santosh Medical College. It is a treasure of anat. Dept where all aspects of anatomy can be studied, appreciated & applied to our medical knowledge & training. It holds a large collection of anatomical specimens and models, radiological firms, and many more things.
Our Patron & CMD Sir is very particular & keen to keep this museum updated with the latest equipment & learning material for which we shall always remain highly thankful & obliged.
It is situated on the ground floor of college within the premises of the anatomy dept. It is a big space fully air-conditioned,well illuminated & computerized.
Other rooms associated with the museum are:
Preparation Room
Storage room
Artist room.
Method of preservation of specimens: The Specimens are preserved in 10% formalin solution
Method of display of specimens: The specimens are displayed in glass jars and big glass cubicles.
*SECTIONS PRESENT
For the purpose of studying anatomy, We have assigned various sections in the museum. They are :
Comparative anatomy section
Evolutionary anatomy
A section on the history of anatomy
Embryology section
Cross-sectional anatomy section
Histo pathological section
Special osteology section
Section on teratology
Section on Genetics
A section on clinical anatomy
Other innovative sections
VARIOUS INFORMATIVE FACILITIES AVAILABLE IN THE MUSEUM ARE
*Total no of wet specimens: more than 250 catalogues :
Presence of informative
catalogues about individual specimens
*Models: Total no of gross anatomy models more than 200
*Total no of embryology models more than75
*photographs of specimens 200
*Radiology display:
X-Rays plate 100
2]C-T-Scan films 50
MRI films 50
* Osteology:
Total number of articulated skeletons 20
Total number of disarticulated skeletons 25
total no of disarticulated individual bones more than 300
*REGULAR SECTIONS
The formalin-fixed specimens are arranged in six sections:
Thorax
Abdomen and pelvis
Upper extremities
Lower extremities
Head & Neck
Neuroanatomy
Overall the department of the Anatomy of Santosh medical college is a modern, updated, excellent, highly professional & well managed department that teaches more than five hundred students of MBBS, BDS, PARAMEDICAL & POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS every year. It is on par with premier institutions like AIIMS, MAMC, VMMV, and many more.