About the Department
The Department of Rachana Sharir is dedicated to the study of human anatomy as described in Ayurvedic texts along with modern anatomical knowledge. We provide comprehensive training in structural aspects of the human body essential for clinical practice.
Area: 250 sq.mtr.
Charts: 51
Models: 66
Library Books: 50
Key Features:
- Study of Sharira Rachana (body structure) as per Ayurvedic classics
- Integration of modern anatomy with Ayurvedic concepts
- Well-equipped dissection hall for practical learning
- Extensive bone and museum specimens collection
- Research on anatomical concepts in classical texts
Department Gallery
Equipment and Instruments for Dissection Hall
| Sr. No. | Instruments and Equipments | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Section machine, bone cutter, marble cutter (Body and skull cutting), Chisel, bone saw | Available |
| 2 | Dissection Tables Sets (Small) | 06 |
| 3 | Dissection demo station (equipped with shadow less focus light, high resolution close circuit camera, dissection table(big)) | 01 |
| 4 | Dissecting Table - Half size with steel top or marble top stainless | 10 |
| 5 | Bone cutter of the number 3/4, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 - fine pointed Chisel bone dissector | Available |
| 6 | Dissection Instrument kit (scalpel, blades, toothed forceps, untoothed forceps, probe, magnifying lenses with light, hook or scissors) | 50 |
| 7 | X-ray viewing box or panels | 10 |
| 8 | Smart board or multimedia projector attached with dissection software | 01 |
| 9 | Articulated skeleton set (one set each for fifty students) | 02 |
| 10 | Bone set (Dis-Articulated) (one set for each twenty students) | 04 |
| 11 | Pro dissected parts (upper limb or lower limb thorax or abdomen or head or neck) | 00 |
| 12 | Cadavers (one body each for twenty students) | 00 |
| 13 | Mummified body (for demonstration of surface anatomy) | 00 |
| 14 | Storage tank to hold cadavers, static or movable, durable Tank with input and output facility with lid or cold storage unit | 01 |
| 15 | Specimens (wet specimens) | 00 |
| 16 | Plastinated specimens | 15 |
| 17 | Brain section slices (sheet plastination) | 10 |
| 18 | Microscope (trinocular with digital camera, including software for projection through liquid crystal display or smart board or smart television for demonstration of histology and others) | 01 |
| 19 | Computer installed with e-dissection program connected to projector or smart board | 00 |
| 20 | Embalming equipment | Not Available |
| 21 | 3D virtual cadaver dissection table | Not Available |
| 22 | E-dissection (subscription of Atlas of human Anatomy or any other dissection video compact discs) | Not Available |
Teaching Staff
Dr. Nitin R. Dhanokar
Professor
Dr.Praya D. Deshmukh
Associate Professor
Dr. Shrinath S. Agnihotri
Assistant Professor
Non-Teaching Staff
Mr. Amol S. Parasakar
Cadaver Lifter
Mr. Swapnil V. Dhobale
Museum Keeper