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How does the articulator go from body -> skeleton when preparing them for display? Is part of the job to (for example), scoop out the brain?

by Jabbles 13y ago

willvarfar 13y ago
Isn't it to leave a body in lime for a while?
- k__ 13y ago
  I heard, they cook a delicious stew of you and sell it in Brunswick.
caycep 13y ago
I think basically, the family agrees to an autopsy and there is a branch of medicine, pathology, which specializes in obtaining and preparing tissue samples, primarily for investigation into the causes, progression, and severity of disease. They are the ones that "scoop out the brain" then mount them on slides, stain, etc. With whole skeletons, I'm not sure - usually after autopsy, the "parts" are either put back into the body or otherwise interred in a container. I think maybe the family arranges something w/ the embalmer to remove the muscle and connnective tissue from the skeleton.
- raverbashing 13y ago
  I think yes, the process is more or less this, really After tissue is removed and preserved (samples), then in this case I believe the removal of soft tissue is done chemically, probably with a caustic substance. Yes, this is as far as I go imagining this. Or maybe there are biological means as well
  - jakejake 13y ago
    I saw a show where people make skeleton models and they used a type of bug to clean off the bones. Using certain chemicals would make the bones rubbery, whereas the bugs would leave a perfectly clean bone.
    - maxerickson 13y ago
      Dirty Jobs? http://www.episodeguide.us/dirty-jobs/skull-cleaner/episode/814614/summary.html http://www.episodeguide.us/dirty-jobs/skull-cleaner/episode/...
mhb 13y ago
Dermestid beetles perhaps: http://www.skulltaxidermy.com/kits.html http://www.skulltaxidermy.com/kits.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermestidae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermestidae
torbjrn 13y ago
You should watch The Brain Scoop channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/thebrainscoop/videos?view=0 http://www.youtube.com/user/thebrainscoop/videos?view=0 Or if you just want some glimpses of the process: Cleaning bones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJJKUEhz790#t=331s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJJKUEhz790#t=331s Scooping brain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhiLfGfucic#t=826s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhiLfGfucic#t=826s

How does the articulator go from body -> skeleton when preparing them for display? Is part of the job to (for example), scoop out the brain?

by Jabbles 13y ago

How does the articulator go from body -> skeleton when preparing them for display? Is part of the job to (for example), scoop out the brain?

willvarfar 13y ago

Isn't it to leave a body in lime for a while?

k__ 13y ago
I heard, they cook a delicious stew of you and sell it in Brunswick.

caycep 13y ago

I think basically, the family agrees to an autopsy and there is a branch of medicine, pathology, which specializes in obtaining and preparing tissue samples, primarily for investigation into the causes, progression, and severity of disease. They are the ones that "scoop out the brain" then mount them on slides, stain, etc. With whole skeletons, I'm not sure - usually after autopsy, the "parts" are either put back into the body or otherwise interred in a container. I think maybe the family arranges something w/ the embalmer to remove the muscle and connnective tissue from the skeleton.

raverbashing 13y ago
I think yes, the process is more or less this, really After tissue is removed and preserved (samples), then in this case I believe the removal of soft tissue is done chemically, probably with a caustic substance. Yes, this is as far as I go imagining this. Or maybe there are biological means as well
- jakejake 13y ago
  I saw a show where people make skeleton models and they used a type of bug to clean off the bones. Using certain chemicals would make the bones rubbery, whereas the bugs would leave a perfectly clean bone.
  - maxerickson 13y ago
    Dirty Jobs? http://www.episodeguide.us/dirty-jobs/skull-cleaner/episode/814614/summary.html http://www.episodeguide.us/dirty-jobs/skull-cleaner/episode/...

mhb 13y ago

Dermestid beetles perhaps: http://www.skulltaxidermy.com/kits.html http://www.skulltaxidermy.com/kits.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermestidae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermestidae

torbjrn 13y ago

You should watch The Brain Scoop channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/thebrainscoop/videos?view=0 http://www.youtube.com/user/thebrainscoop/videos?view=0 Or if you just want some glimpses of the process: Cleaning bones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJJKUEhz790#t=331s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJJKUEhz790#t=331s Scooping brain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhiLfGfucic#t=826s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhiLfGfucic#t=826s