Preparing low-cost cadaveric cross-sections for integrated teaching and learning of cross-sectional radiological anatomy and gross anatomy in medical education

The study of cross-sections in orthogonal planes lay a solid foundation for a 3-dimensional approach to learning anatomy and helps correlate with radiological cross-sectional images. We aimed to develop instructional material for such teaching/learning using a low-cost method for cross-sectioning. Cross-sections of preserved frozen cadavers were obtained analogous to CT imaging planes, and subsequently paired with corresponding radiological images for comparison. Hence, this cost-effective method can be used to develop resources for teaching both cross-sectional and radiological anatomy.