Body Worlds by Gunther von Hagen exhibition opened in Rome. Von Hagen is a German anatomist who invented plastination, the method for preserving biological tissue specimens. The exhibition shows whole bodies plastinated in lifelike poses and dissected to show various structures and system of human anatomy.

A plastinated foetus is seen during the exhibition quotBody Worldsquot by Gunther von Hagen in Rome
A plastinated foetus is seen during the exhibition "Body Worlds" by Gunther von Hagen in Rome September 21, 2011. Reuters
A plastinated foetus is seen during the exhibition quotBody Worldsquot by Gunther von Hagen in Rome
A plastinated foetus is seen during the exhibition "Body Worlds" by Gunther von Hagen in Rome September 21, 2011. Reuters
Two plastinated human bodies posed in a surgery scene are seen during the exhibition quotBody Worldsquot by Gunther von Hagen in Rome
Two plastinated human bodies posed in a surgery scene are seen during the exhibition "Body Worlds" by Gunther von Hagen in Rome September 21, 2011. Reuters
A plastinated skeleton of a five-month-old foetus is seen during the exhibition quotBody Worldsquot by Gunther von Hagen in Rome
A plastinated skeleton of a five-month-old foetus is seen during the exhibition "Body Worlds" by Gunther von Hagen in Rome September 21, 2011. Reuters
A visitor L looks at a plastinated human body during the exhibition quotBody Worldsquot by Gunther von Hagen in Rome
A visitor (L) looks at a plastinated human body during the exhibition "Body Worlds" by Gunther von Hagen in Rome September 21, 2011. Reuters
A plastinated human body posed with binoculars is seen during the exhibition quotBody Worldsquot by Gunther von Hagen in Rome
A plastinated human body posed with binoculars is seen during the exhibition "Body Worlds" by Gunther von Hagen in Rome September 21, 2011. Reuters
A plastinated human body posed with an electric guitar is seen during the exhibition quotBody Worldsquot by Gunther von Hagen in Rome
A plastinated human body posed with an electric guitar is seen during the exhibition "Body Worlds" by Gunther von Hagen in Rome September 21, 2011. Reuters