Wet Anatomy Lab
The wet anatomy lab in the medical school’s primary building is primarily used for special training sessions for residents or medical students in a specialized anatomy fourth-year elective.
First year [and second year] VTCSOM students do cadaver dissection here at the VIAL - the Virginia Intercollegiate Anatomy Laboratory – a shared anatomy lab between the medical school and health professions programs at Radford University Carilion. This 8,000 square-foot lab, classroom, and storage area is located on the eighth-floor of Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital in downtown Roanoke. It accommodates 15 separate stations to teach up to 60 students – four per cadaver – at one time.
![Wet Lab Empty wet lab at the VTCSOM main building](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/campus-tour/wet-lab/_jcr_content/content/vtcontainer/vtcontainer-content/vtmulticolumn/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage.transform/s-medium/image.jpg)
![Wet Lab / VIAL Students lined up at covered cadavers in the Virginia Intercollegiate Anatomy Lab](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/campus-tour/wet-lab/_jcr_content/content/vtcontainer/vtcontainer-content/vtmulticolumn/vt-items_1/adaptiveimage.transform/s-medium/image.jpg)
![Wet Lab A faculty member and four students, all wearing masks, face shields, and additional PPE (personal protective equipment) during an anatomy class.](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/campus-tour/wet-lab/_jcr_content/content/vtcontainer/vtcontainer-content/vtmulticolumn/vt-items_2/adaptiveimage.transform/s-medium/image.jpg)