One of the major obstacles in organising gross anatomy class is specimen preparation. At present the use of laboratory animals for dissecting classes is restricted due to lack of supply and animal welfare issue. Therefore, the need for alternatives has never been greater. Plastination technique is the procedure in which the formalin-fixed specimen is
dehydrated and the water molecule is replaced by polymer by forced impregnation. The plastinated specimen retains normal structure but will not decay.This method has been widely used in anatomy teaching due to the fact that the specimen is preserved permanently, thus can be used multiple times (von Hagens et al., 1987), and is arguably the optimum anatomical preservation technique to date. Also, the specimen can be dissected to reveal the internal structures prior to the plastination procedure so that they can be studied afterwards.