CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Yuba College’s Clear Lake Campus' new science lab features a state-of-the-art cadaver room which is now being put to use.

School officials said the school's first cadaver arrived in January.

Hands-on instruction using an actual cadaver is a real boon to anatomy students.

Anatomy students in this spring semester are the first to have this opportunity to explore human anatomy in this fashion.

The college contracted with Dr. Gurpreet Bains as an anatomy professor.

In many medical fields, dissection of cadavers remains an essential component of the curriculum and a rite of passage.

Local students in certain medical fields – nursing, radiology and dentistry – can now complete all the necessary prerequisites on the Clear Lake Campus.

Visit the school online at http://clc.yccd.edu/ .