Students at Monroe County Community College's main campus on Raisinville Road get hands-on experience with the human skeleton during anatomy class taught by adjunct professor Shawn Iverson.

Professor Andrew Parsons says the anatomy class is part of Monroe Community College's course work taken by more than 200 students who are preparing for a career in the medical professions, such as nursing, respiratory therapy, radiology technology, and physical therapy.

The laboratory where the students are studying is one of two the college opened last year and is designed specifically for anatomy and physiology. Mr. Parsons says the two-year program attracts between 200 and 300 students a year.

First Published February 7, 2007, 6:11 p.m.