Anatomy is the study of the structure of the human body and it is the basis of all medical knowledge of the human body. The gift of body donation is an indispensable aid in medical education and research and is greatly appreciated. The need for whole body donations is great and will be further increased by the demand for more doctors, dentists, nurses, and other health care practitioners. Your donation relieves your next-of-kin of making a decision of this magnitude under the handicap of grief. Your request for donation protects both the College of Medicine and your survivors and simplifies the procedure at the time of death.

To receive the maximum benefit from a contribution, the College may transfer, at its discretion, a body to other teaching or research institutions within the State of Texas. At the time a donor makes the written bequest to donate his/her body, the Anatomical Board of the State of Texas is authorized to transport the willed/donated body out of the State of Texas in the event that the holding institution and the Executive Secretary of the Board have determined that an excess of bodies currently exists in the State of Texas.