Question

The process of mummification was thought to help advance medicine because

A. drawings were made from the internal organs.
B. removal of organs helped Egyptians study anatomy.
C. it allowed Egyptians to practice surgical procedures.
D. it helped contain disease.

Answer 1

The answer is B- helped them study the anatomy.

Answer 2

The process of mummification was thought to help advance medicine because removal of organs helped Egyptians study anatomy. Correct answer: B

Egyptians realized that the internal organs would rot prior to the external parts of the body. Because of the mummification their doctors were able to record findings and develop methods of surgery based on this anatomical knowledge.