The objective of the present study was to determine the attitude of 1st Year medical students to dissection where they are being taught anatomy as a part of medical curricula. A questionnaire was administered to a class of 150 students of 1st year medical students at Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India in 2012. For each question, the students were directed to opt for one of the three possible responses: __ampersandsignldquo;yes__ampersandsignrdquo;, __ampersandsignldquo;no__ampersandsignrdquo; or __ampersandsignldquo;undecided__ampersandsignrdquo;. Out of 150 students participated in the study 70 were female and 80 were male. In present study 84.67% of the students considered cadaver dissection is still considered important and indispensable in anatomy learning. Majority student (91.33%) agreed that actual hands on training on cadaver dissection gives better results than demonstration of prosected specimen. 80% of the students were view of that dissection gives the best method for learning. 86% of the student found their first visit to dissection room exciting.77.33% of the students agreed that dissection enhanced their skill of thinking in a logical manner. The present study indicates that cadaver dissection is still considered important and absolutely necessary in the study of human anatomy.