"Body Worlds" Exposes Cadavers as Educational Art

LOS ANGELES - JULY 7: A human head shows only its arterial vascular systems at the "Body Worlds: The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Humans Bodies" show at the California Science Center on July 7, 2004 in Los Angeles, California. Since its debut in Tokyo in 1996, the show has sparked controversy and curiosity. German scientist Gunther von Hagens, who created the show and developed the preservation technique used to preserve the bodies, called "plastination", has included 25 full bodies and many other parts from the more than 200 people who had donated their cadavers to the 20,000 square foot show intended to teach people about human skeletal, cardiovascular and other systems. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)