Plastination is the process of preservation of anatomical specimens by impregnation with curable polymers like silicone, epoxy or polyester resins which keep the anatomical specimens in a dry and odourless state . It was developed by Dr. Gunther von Hagens in the year 1979, at the Heidelberg University, Germany . In recent years plastination has revolutionized the way in which gross anatomy can be presented to students . As the plastinates are easy to handle,
flexible and devoid of noxious effects of formalin, they serve as excellent teaching tools and as museum specimens. Plastination is an outstanding tool to study cross-sectional anatomy . Utilization of sectional imaging modalities in medicine has heightened the need to understand sectional anatomy . Plastinates help the students to study cross-sectional anatomy like a puzzle, disassembled and put back together again. This enables the students to trace the course of nerves and blood vessels through the head, neck, trunk and extremities .