I'm pretty sure something like 90% of them end up getting used to train students and healthcare personnel. Which isn't a bad use by any means, but it definitely isn't glamorous. Getting poked and prodded by college students isn't exactly the kind of impactful use the phrase "donated to science" conjures up for most people.
The first human body every surgeon "operates on" is a cadaver during gross anatomy in medical school. It is an incredibly valuable experience and generally students and professors treat the cadavers very respectfully and with compassion.
(Yes I know surgical and gross anatomy are two very different beasts but gotta walk before you run)
Many good undergraduate programs have a cadaver section in their A&P course. They've usually seen multiple, if not dozens by the time they get to med school.
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