Gross Anatomy Via Your Computer [Slideshow]
New software peels back the skin for a 3-D adventure of the human body
THE VISIBLE BODY: New software visualizes the human body using sophisticated computer graphics to show how more than 1,700 anatomical structures--including major organs and systems--work together.
Courtesy of Argosy Publishing
Offering more depth (literally) than any anatomy textbook can deliver, the Visible Body is a Web-based 3-D interactive model of the human body available for free to students, educators and health and medical professionals. The software, developed by Newton, Mass.-based Argosy Publishing, visualizes the human body using sophisticated computer graphics to show how more than 1,700 anatomical structures--including major organs and systems--work together.
The images at times isolate different organs or body parts to enhance their clarity, which is useful when studying anatomy or explaining an injury. The software, downloaded using Internet Explorer with Macromedia Flash and Anark Client plug-ins, allows the images to be rotated in a 3-D, 360-degree view. Future versions of the software are expected to include different human models as well as medical pathology and therapy information, so that consumers can get a deeper understanding of their conditions and available treatments.
DIGESTION IN 3-D: | Slide 1 of 6
Visible Body offers a Web-based 3-D interactive model of the human body, including the digestive tract and most of the accessory organs as well as the relationships between the digestive system and the muscular, nervous and circulatory systems.
SHAKE ON IT?: | Slide 2 of 6
The relationships of the veins, arteries and nerves of the arm are established in this view. The deep palmar arches of the hand, and the veins of the cubital fossa are clearly shown. The femoral nerve, artery and vein and their significant branches are also shown passing over the pubis bone of the bony pelvis.
NERVOUS?: | Slide 3 of 6
This posterior view of the nervous system helps to convey the system's complexity. Depicted are both the central nervous system (cerebrum, cerebellum, spinal cord, and all twelve of the cranial nerves) and the peripheral nervous system. This image also includes the major plexuses (brachial, lumbosacral).
DRACULA'S FAVORITE SPOT: | Slide 4 of 6
This view illustrates the complex relationships of the brachial plexus with the auxiliary artery and vein, as well as the delicate interplay of the nerves and vasculature of the neck and head.
RELATIONSHIPS OF THE HEART: | Slide 5 of 6
The heart, nestled just under the body of the sternum, has relationships to various other structures, including the internal thoracic (internal mammary) artery and vein, portions of the azygos system, the left bronchial tree, and the vagus nerve with its recurrent laryngeal branch.
SHOWING SOME BACKBONE: | Slide 6 of 6
The nervous system radiates outward from the spinal cord the nerves often accompanying arteries and veins. There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves, consisting of cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, and 1 coccygeal.
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