page_title: Cadaver
section_title: Human decay
hierarchical_section_title: Cadaver / Human decay
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Rechtsmedizin der Charité Berlin English: Storage of corpses in the fridge of Forensic Medicine at the Charité Berlin
context_page_description: A cadaver is a dead human body that is used by medical students, physicians and other scientists to study anatomy, identify disease sites, determine causes of death, and provide tissue to repair a defect in a living human being. Students in medical school study and dissect cadavers as a part of their education. Others who study cadavers include archaeologists and artists.
  The term cadaver is used in courts of law to refer to a dead body, as well as by recovery teams searching for bodies in natural disasters. The word comes from the Latin word cadere. Related terms include cadaverous and cadaveric spasm. A cadaver graft is the grafting of tissue from a dead body onto a living human to repair a defect or disfigurement. Cadavers can be observed for their stages of decomposition, helping to determine how long a body has been dead.
  Cadavers have been used in art to depict the human body in paintings and drawings more accurately.
context_section_description: Observation of the various stages of decomposition can help determine how long a body has been dead.
caption: Cadaver in Refrigerator in the Forensic Medicine at the Charité Berlin
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