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TITLE
3D Anatomy Atlas
LEARNING OBJECT
3D anatomical models
WEBSITE OF THE PRODUCT
DATE OF PRODUCTION
Anatomylearning LLC
TYPE OF PRODUCT
Mobile Apps, Downloadable software
SUBJECT TAUGHT
Biology
LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE
Medium
TARGET GROUP AGE
14 – 16 years old
TUTORIAL SUPPORT
Yes
DESCRIPTION
ANATOMY 3D ATLAS allows you to study human anatomy in an easy and interactive way. Through a simple and intuitive interface it is possible to observe every anatomical structure from any angle. Highly detailed 3D models, with textures up to 4k resolution, enable to examine the shape of each structure of the human body with great depth.
3D Anatomy Atlas. Explore Human Body in Real Time
• 3D modeled by physicians and anatomy experts.
• Using the International Anatomical Terminology.
• +6000 anatomical structures.
• Add, Delete and Combine anatomical structures.
• Guided learning system
Systems: Musculoskeletal, Cardiovascular, Nervous, Respiratory, Digestive, Urogenital (male and female), Endocrine, Lymphatic, Eye and ear.
Guided learning helps to study the human body layer by layer, visualize body parts and learn all the terms.

This application is aimed at in general anyone interested in deepening their knowledge of human anatomy.

This app is a fantastic tool to complement classic human anatomy books.
INNOVATIVE LEARNING OBJECT
1. The teacher uses 3D software to introduce students to the human body and its complexity.
2. Students will be asked to start working in groups of 4/6 students.
3. Students will be asked to do research on the history of scientific illustration from Vesalius, Leonardo onwards, artists who have changed the representation of the human body.
4. Students will be asked to present the research with historical-artistic images and an in-depth bibliography. They will also have to identify the different representations of the male and female human body and identify the cultural roots that have determined its representation.
5. Final reflection of the class on the work presented and a summary of the work done by the teacher and students.
EXPERT'S COMMENT
Visible Body is a unique online and mobile solution for learning anatomy. It aims to provide a place where a user can learn about the complete male and female gross anatomy with thousands of 3D models that span all of the following systems: nervous, skeletal, circulatory, muscular, digestive, urinary, lymphatic, endocrine, respiratory and reproductive. The dimensional aspect of the tool comes into its own when it is used to rotate, zoom in and out and dissect through superficial anatomy to study deep and hidden structures, or see structures in complete isolation.

We believe use of Atlas by instructors would be incredibly beneficial to the whole class, as well as the teacher. School requires the exploration of various resources in order to find the one or few that work for you in the quest to enhance understanding.

Anatomical descriptors, although universally used to describe where items are in space, may not always be automatic to the novice student until some time has passed. Students are generally referred to other resources, anatomical models to capture the 3D aspects of human development and structure.
TEACHER'S COMMENT
I have tried to deliver a class to my transition year class using 3D anatomy atlas resource. However, before I even got to teach the class, I ran into difficulty. At first, as I went through the graphics and the layered approach to nerves, bones, blood flow etc, I was excited to see where it would take the class.I downloaded it onto my MacBook Pro and soon I ran into difficulties. I began to zoom in to areas on the skull and other parts of the body but I couldn't seem to manage to unzoom the screen. It became quite frustrating. As a result, I then used a different device (an Acer Chromebook) but the same thing happened here. I presumed it was my IT skills that were the problem so I got out of the webpage and began again. However, there was no text available to explain where the webpage was taking me and trying to complete the quizzes was impossible. I couldn't see where you were supposed to put your answers or was it simply an oral questioning tool to be used by the teacher. When I showed the website to my class, they were interested for a very short time but especially as the level of knowledge contained in the graphics was way beyond what they would be expected to cover, even for the Irish terminal exam, they quickly realised there was little information pertaining to them at this point in their education, they lost interest quickly. As far as I could ascertain, the anatomy learning website was a series of graphics with extremely difficult technical terminology which was completely unsuitable for my transition year class. Perhaps it would be better suited to a second or third year medical student.